Smartphone-based hearing screening in noisy environments

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 10346-10360

  Na, Youngmin ^a   Joo, Hyo Sung ^a   Yang, Hyejin ^a   Kang, Soojin ^a   Hong, Sung Hwa ^b   Woo, Jihwan ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Application; Audiometer; Hearing; Smartphone; Ubiquitous healthcare

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; AUDIOMETERS; SIGNAL ENCODING; SMARTPHONES; TESTING;

CORRECTION ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; HEARING SCREENING; HEARING TESTS; HEARING THRESHOLD; NOISY ENVIRONMENT; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; UBIQUITOUS HEALTH CARE;

AUDITION;

EID: 84902341198     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140610346     Document Type: Article

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