The gap detection test: Can it be used to diagnose tinnitus?

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages e138-e145

  Boyen, Kris ^a,b   Başkent, Deniz ^a   Van Dijk, Pim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tool; Gap detection threshold; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TINNITUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TINNITUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930655783     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000156     Document Type: Article

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