Reliability and accuracy of a method of adjustment for self-measurement of auditory thresholds

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-15

  Van Tasell, Dianne J ^a   Folkeard, Paula ^b  

^a IntriCon Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Audiometry Automatic audiometry Hughson Westlake Method of adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84871970183     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e318278c05d     Document Type: Article

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