Feasibility of community-based hearing screening using transient evoked otoacoustic emissions

Public Health

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 147-152

  McPherson, B ^a,c   Kei, J ^a   Smyth, V ^a   Latham, S ^b   Loscher, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Children; Hearing; Screening; Transient otoacoustic emissions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CENTER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; SCREENING TEST; TIME;

EID: 0031778379     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(98)00219-4     Document Type: Article

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