Comparison of the CAPAS and Ewing tests for screening of hearing in infants

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 188-192

  Rovers, Maroeska M ^a   Zielhuis, Gerhard A ^b   Straatman, Huub ^b   Ingels, Koen ^a   Van Der Wilt, Gert Jan ^b   Kauffman de Boer, Minca ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Dutch Foundation for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired Child   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hearing screening; Infants; Otitis media with effusion

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA;

EID: 0033389694     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jms.6.4.188     Document Type: Article

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