Causes of hearing impairment in deaf pupils with a mental handicap

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-108

  Admiraal, R J C ^a,b   Huygen, P L M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for the Deaf   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Childhood deafness; Epidemiology; Mental handicap; Sensorineural hearing impairment; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; DEAFNESS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, RECESSIVE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUBELLA; SEX FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032759133     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(99)00256-6     Document Type: Article

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