Comparison of self-reported and audiometrically-measured hearing loss in the Australian Defence Force

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 294-298

  Kirk, Katherine M ^a   McGuire, Annabel ^a   Nasveld, Peter E ^a   Treloar, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audiometry; Hearing loss; Military; Self report; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLDIER;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84858206272     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2011.625981     Document Type: Article

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