Changing performance of the Health Visitor Distraction Test when targeted neonatal screening is introduced into a health district

British Journal of Audiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-61

  Wood, Sally ^a   Davis, Adrian C ^b   McCormick, Barry ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coverage; Health Visitor Distraction Test; Screening; Sensitivity; Targeted neonatal screening; Yield

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH VISITOR; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031051771     PISSN: 03005364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03005364000000008     Document Type: Article

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