Potential pitfalls of initiating a newborn hearing screening program

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-32

  Kanne, Theodore J ^a   Schaefer, Lynnc ^a   Perkins, Jonathan A ^b,c  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING;

EID: 0033046642     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.125.1.28     Document Type: Article

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