Preliminary observations on the development of auditory sensitivity in infants with Down syndrome

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 455-468

  Werner, Lynne A ^a   Mancl, Lisa R ^a   Folsom, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVATION; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PSYCHOMETRY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DOWN SYNDROME; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0030453835     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-199612000-00002     Document Type: Article

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