Infant hearing screening: Status and current concepts

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 312-316

  Penn, Terrey Oliver ^a  

^a ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030725157     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-199710000-00010     Document Type: Short Survey

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