Accuracy of Mobile-Based Audiometry in the Evaluation of Hearing Loss in Quiet and Noisy Environments

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 706-711

  Saliba, Joe ^a   Al Reefi, Mahmoud ^a   Carriere, Junie S ^a   Verma, Neil ^a   Provencal, Christiane ^a   Rappaport, Jamie M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

audiometry; automated; hearing loss; mobile; noise reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; NOISE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HEARING LOSS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85018949989     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599816683663     Document Type: Article

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