Hearing screening for school children: Utility of noise-cancelling headphones

BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lo, Ada Hiu Chong ^a   McPherson, Bradley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Background noise; Headphones; Hearing loss; Hearing screening; School children

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84878380439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6815-13-6     Document Type: Article

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