Telephone screening tests for functionally impaired hearing: Current use in seven countries and development of a US version

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 757-767

  Watson, Charles S ^a   Kidd, Gary R ^a   Miller, James D ^a   Smits, Cas ^b   Humes, Larry E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Screening issues; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITS IN NOISE TEST; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH NOISE RATIO; TELEPHONE SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870160995     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.23.10.2     Document Type: Article

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