Results from high-frequency hearing screening in 14- to 15-year old adolescents and their relation to self-reported exposure to loud music

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 650-654

  Weichbold, Viktor ^a   Holzer, Alois ^b   Newesely, Georg ^b   Stephan, Kurt ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b University of Applied Sciences   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Hearing screening; High frequency; Noise induced hearing loss; Prevalence of hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUSTRIA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABIT; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MUSIC; NOISE INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUSTRIA; FEMALE; HABITS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MUSIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84864838388     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2012.679747     Document Type: Article

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