Long-term outcome of early childhood hearing impairments in northern Finland

Scandinavian Audiology, Supplement

Volumn 30, Issue 52, 2001, Pages 106-108

  Huttunen, Kerttu H ^a   Sorri, Martti J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Education; Employment; Late outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FINLAND; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FOLLOW UP; HEARING DISORDER; RESIDENTIAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034744871     PISSN: 01078593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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