Affiliation:
1. Idaho State University, Pocatello
Abstract
In a sample of 80 persons in the 60–79-year age range, threshold shifts suggestive of collapsible car canals were found in over one third of the subjects. A very conservative interpretation of the data suggests that at least 10–16% of these 60–79-year old elderly subjects have collapsible, ear canals. Neither sex nor age was related significantly to prevalence. Results of this study indicate in testing elderly persons there are threshold inaccuracies, relating possibly to collapsible ear canals, which, if not taken into account, may cause unacceptably large errors in both clinical and research applications.
Publisher
American Speech Language Hearing Association
Subject
Speech and Hearing,Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics
Cited by
14 articles.
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