Improvement in early detection of congenital hearing impairment due to universal newborn hearing screening

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-28

  Nekahm, Doris ^a   Weichbold, Viktor ^a   Welzl Mueller, Kunigunde ^a   Hirst Stadlmann, Almut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Congenital hearing impairment; Early detection; Universal newborn hearing screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; MASS SCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035978680     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(01)00447-5     Document Type: Article

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