Validity of hearing impairment calculation methods for prediction of self-reported hearing handicap

Noise and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 56, 2012, Pages 13-20

  John, Andrew B ^a   Kreisman, Brian M ^a,b   Pallett, Stephen ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ENTAA Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing handicap; hearing impairment; sensorineural hearing loss; worker s compensation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84859554617     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.93321     Document Type: Article

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