Neonatal otoacoustic emission screening and the identification of deafness

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages

  Watkin, P M ^a  

^a WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costing; Hearing loss; Screen; Transient evoked otoacoustic emissions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COCHLEAR MICROPHONIC POTENTIALS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0030071939     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.74.1.f16     Document Type: Article

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