Extended frequency range hearing thresholds and otoacoustic emissions in acute acoustic trauma

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1315-1322

  Büchler, Markus ^a   Kompis, Martin ^b   Hotz, Michel André ^b  

^a Regional Military Medical Center   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Distortion product otoacoustic emissions; Extended high frequency audiometry; Impulse noise; Pure tone audiometry; Temporary threshold shift; Transitory evoked otoacoustic emissions

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BIOASSAY; FIREARM; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; TINNITUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FIREARMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND; TINNITUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866621617     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e318263d598     Document Type: Article

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