Self-administered hearing loss screening using an interactive, tablet play audiometer with ear bud headphones

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1248-1252

  Yeung, Jeffrey C ^a   Heley, Sophie ^a   Beauregard, Yves ^a   Champagne, Sandra ^a   Bromwich, Matthew A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Interactive audiometry; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETER; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOISE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY EQUIPMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; DEVICES; HEARING LOSS; MICROCOMPUTER; PROCEDURES; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SELF EVALUATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; NOISE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84937162290     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.05.021     Document Type: Article

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