Diagnostic pure-tone audiometry in schools: Mobile testing without a sound-treated environment

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 992-1000

  De Swanepoel, Wet ^a,b,c   Maclennan Smith, Felicity ^a   Hall, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c EAR SCIENCE INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air conduction; Bone conduction; Diagnostic audiometry; Hearing screening; School entry screening

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SOUND ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEONATAL SCREENING; NOISE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84892767448     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.24.10.10     Document Type: Article

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