Validity of automated threshold audiometry: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 745-752

  Mahomed, Faheema ^a   Swanepoel, De Wet ^a,b,c   Eikelboom, Robert H ^a,b,c   Soer, Maggi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b EAR SCIENCE INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84887306996     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000436255.53747.a4     Document Type: Article

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