Prevalence of severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss in children having family members with hearing impairment

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 882-886

  Zakzouk, Siraj M ^a   Bafaqeeh, Sameer Ali ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

consanguinity; deafness; hearing loss; heredity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SIBLING;

EID: 0029820747     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949610501108     Document Type: Article

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