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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1993;36(3): 519-526. |
Age-related normal ultra high frequency thresholds. |
Hoon Young Woo, Cheol Ho Jung, Kab Moo Kim, Kuk Jin Yang, Yun Sung Rho, Young Ki Kim |
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연령별 초고주파 음역의 정상 청각 역치에 관한 연구 |
우훈영 · 정철호 · 김갑무 · 양국진 · 노윤성 · 김영기 |
인제대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실 |
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ABSTRACT |
Human auditory sensitivity for the frequencies above 10KHz was examined with a new commercial ultra high frequency audiometer, Beltone 2000, in 80 male and 80 female normal hearing persons ranging in age from 4 to 79 years old. The purposes of this study were to determine the feasibility of ultra high frequency testing procedure routinely employed in clinical audiometry, to collect normative data using the procedure on various age groups, and finally to find the sensitive frequencies in each age group for early detections of ototoxic damage. It was noted that hearing thresholds were increased with frequencies and also with ages. The percent response to sound was decreased with increasing frequencies and ages. The approach described in the present study provided reliable thresholds and was found to be clinically feasible.
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