Hearing tests on mobile devices: Evaluation of the reference sound level by means of biological calibration

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Masalski, Marcin ^a,b   Kipiński, Lech ^a   Grysiński, Tomasz ^b   Krêcicki, Tomasz ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Calibration; Hearing test; Mobile device

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; PROCEDURES; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973473728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4987     Document Type: Article

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