Universal newborn hearing screening: Feasibility in a community hospital

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 487-490

  Huynh, Mylene T ^a   Pollack, Ronald A ^b,c   Cunningham, Rosemary A J ^a  

^a Malcolm Grow Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^b AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

community; conductive; hearing loss; Hearing tests; hospitals; infant; newborn; sensorineural; transient evoked otoacoustic emissions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEARING DISORDER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MYRINGOTOMY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHENYLKETONURIA; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST;

AUDIOMETRY, EVOKED RESPONSE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029890844     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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