Wideband aural acoustic absorbance predicts conductive hearing loss in children

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 880-891

  Keefe, Douglas H ^a,b   Sanford, Chris A ^a   Ellison, John C ^a   Fitzpatrick, Denis F ^a   Gorga, Michael P ^a  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Sonicom Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductive hearing loss; Otitis media; Tympanometry; Wideband aural acoustic absorbance

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; HEARING; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EAR CANAL; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84869462624     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2012.721936     Document Type: Article

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