Prevalence and etiology of unilateral sensorineural hearing impairment in a Finnish childhood population

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 253-259

  Vartiainen, Eero ^a   Karjalainen, Seppo ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Audiometry; Child; Epidemiology; Etiology; Hearing loss; Prevalence; Unilateral

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MUMPS; OTITIS MEDIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AUDIOMETRY; BONE CONDUCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031862566     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(98)00010-X     Document Type: Article

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