Accuracy of remote hearing assessment in a rural community

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 930-937

  Visagie, Ansophi ^a   Swanepoel, De Wet ^a,b,c   Eikelboom, Robert H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Ear Sciences Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

audiology; e health; extreme environment; technology; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; TELEMEDICINE;

AIR CONDUCTION; AUDIOLOGY; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; GOLD STANDARDS; HEARING THRESHOLD; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PURE TONES; RURAL COMMUNITY;

AUDITION;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; DEVICES; FEMALE; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947297280     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2014.0243     Document Type: Article

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