Early detection of hearing impairment in a developing country: What options?;Identificación temprana de problemas auditivos en países en desarrollo: ¿Qué opciones hay?

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 141-147

  Olusanya, Bola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Early detection; Hearing impairment; Questionnaire; School screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NIGERIA; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; OTOSCOPY; PARENT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034918295     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00206090109073109     Document Type: Article

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