Etiology of deafness in Afyon school for the deaf in Turkey

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-131

  Dereköy, Fevzi Sefa ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Etiology; Sensorineural deafness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEASLES; MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY;

EID: 0034730899     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(00)00390-6     Document Type: Article

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