Clinical validation of the AMTAS automated audiometer

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 342-349

  Eikelboom, Robert H ^a,b,c   Swanepoel, De Wet ^a,b,c   Motakef, Shahpar ^a,b,d   Upson, Gemma S ^a,b  

^a Ear Science Institute Australia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Air conduction; Audiometry; Automated audiometry; Bone conduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTOMATION; BONE CONDUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTOMATION; BONE CONDUCTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84876137660     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2013.769065     Document Type: Article

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