Efficient hearing screening in noise-exposed listeners using the digit triplet test

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 773-778

  Jansen, Sofie ^a   Luts, Heleen ^a   Dejonckere, Philippe ^a,b   Van Wieringen, Astrid ^a   Wouters, Jan ^a  

^a KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Federal Institute of Occupational Diseases   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEARING TEST; HIGH FREQUENCY HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; NOISE INJURY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84887320954     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e318297920b     Document Type: Article

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