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Brigitte A Lavoie1, R Mehta, A R D Thornton

  • 1MRC Institute of Hearing Research, Royal South Hants Hospital, Brintons Terrace, Off St Mary's Road, Southampton, Hants SO14 OYG, United Kingdom. balavoie@soton.ac.uk

Clinical Neurophysiology : Official Journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology
|February 22, 2008
PubMed
Summary

Nonlinear auditory brainstem response (ABR) components detect aging changes earlier than traditional hearing tests. This method can identify early auditory system alterations in women.

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