The prevalence of audiometric notches in adolescents in Germany: The Ohrkan-study

Noise and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 67, 2013, Pages 412-419

  Twardella, Dorothee ^a   Perez Alvarez, Carmelo ^b   Steffens, Thomas ^b   Bolte, Gabriele ^a,c   Fromme, Hermann ^a   Verdugo Raab, Ulla ^a  

^a Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescent; hearing loss; noise; socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOISE INJURY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADOLESCENT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890613607     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.121241     Document Type: Article

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