Wind turbine syndrome: Fact or fiction?

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 222-226

  Farboud, A ^a   Crunkhorn, R ^b   Trinidade, A ^c  

^a GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JAMES PAGET UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory Perception; Auditory Threshold; Noise; Wind

Indexed keywords

ANGER; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MEMORY DISORDER; OTALGIA; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; TINNITUS; UNSTEADINESS; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; WIND TURBINE SYNDROME;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EAR; HUMANS; NOISE; PAIN; POWER PLANTS; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; WIND;

EID: 84875967215     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215112002964     Document Type: Review

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