Implementation of a nation-wide automated auditory brainstem response hearing screening programme in neonatal intensive care units

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 332-338

  Van Straaten, H L M ^a   Hille, E T M ^b   Kok, J H ^c,f   Verkerk, P H ^b   Baerts, W ^a   Bunkers, C M ^a   Smink, E W A ^a   Van Elburg, R M ^d   De Kleine, M J K ^e   Ilsen, A ^f   Maingay Visser, A P G F ⁱ   De Vries, L S ^g   Weisglas Kuperus, N ^h  

^a ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^h SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Wilhelmina Children's Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Automated auditory brainstem response; Neonatal hearing screening; Sensorineural hearing impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOMATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARING DISORDER; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RUBELLA; SCREENING TEST; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

COHORT STUDIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEONATAL SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037251586     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250310009266     Document Type: Article

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