Toward a Diagnostic Test for Hidden Hearing Loss

Trends in Hearing

Volumn 20, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Plack, Christopher J ^a   Léger, Agnès ^a   Prendergast, Garreth ^a   Kluk, Karolina ^a   Guest, Hannah ^a   Munro, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aging; auditory brainstem response; cochlear nerve; frequency following response; noise induced hearing loss

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; NOISE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; NOISE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 85007518497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23312165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2331216516657466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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