Epidemiology and etiology of hearing impairment among infants and children in a developing country: Part II

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 402-411

  Zakzouk, Siraj M ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONGENITAL INFECTION; EARDRUM PERFORATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MENINGITIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031406799     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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