Pure-tone audiometry outside a sound booth using earphone attentuation, integrated noise monitoring, and automation

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 777-785

  Swanepoel, De Wet ^a,b,c,d   Matthysen, Cornelia ^a   Eikelboom, Robert H ^a,b,c   Clark, Jackie L ^d   Hall, James W ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Ear Science Institute Australia   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^e SALUS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attenuation; Audiometry; automated audiometry; diagnostic hearing assessment; maximum permissible ambient noise levels; noise monitoring; occupational hearing assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROCEDURES; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUTOMATION; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942412415     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2015.1072647     Document Type: Article

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