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Epidemiology of tinnitus: (2) Demographic and clinical features

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2011

R. R. A. Coles
Affiliation:
(M.R.C. Institute of Hearing Research, Nottingham)

Extract

The rationale and general plan of the National Study of Hearing (NSH) as well as some overall tinnitus prevalence data are outlined in the accompanying paper (IHR,1984) and in previous work (IHR, 1981a, b).

Type
Session IV. Clinical Concepts of Tinnitus (Chairman: M. Ronis)
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1984

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