International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Volume 73, Issue 1 , Pages 43-55 , January 2009

Air-conduction estimated from tympanometry (ACET): 2. The use of hearing level-ACET discrepancy (HAD) to determine appropriate use of bone-conduction tests in identifying permanent and mixed impairments

  • Mark Haggard

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Psychological Laboratory, Downing St, Cambridge CB2 3EB, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 1223 363609; fax: +44 1223 335654.
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  • MRC Multi-centre Otitis Media Study Group

      Affiliations

    • Full list of authors and contributors are given in Appendix B; Guarantor: Professor Mark Haggard; Writing and analysis team: Haggard MP, Higson JM, Spencer H.

Received 25 May 2008 ,Revised 5 September 2008 ,Accepted 9 September 2008.

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PII: S0165-5876(08)00443-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2008.09.023

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Volume 73, Issue 1 , Pages 43-55 , January 2009

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