Using visual reinforcement audiometry in the assessment of hearing in infants

Hearing Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 28-36

  Widen, Judith E ^a   O'Grady, Gwendolyn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONDITIONING; EXPECTATION; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATIENT REFERRAL; REINFORCEMENT; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0038054161     PISSN: 07457472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HJ.0000324169.66607.69     Document Type: Article

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