Biological calibration for web-based hearing tests: Evaluation of the methods

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Masalski, Marcin ^a,b   Grysiński, Tomasz ^b   Krȩcicki, Tomasz ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Computer assisted instruction; Pure tone audiometry; Self examination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; EVALUATION STUDY; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; POLAND; PURE-TONE AUDIOMETRY; SELF EXAMINATION; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; PURE-TONE AUDIOMETRY; SELF-EXAMINATION;

ADULT; CALIBRATION; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INTERNET; POLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893567212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2798     Document Type: Article

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