Hearing impairment in children with impacted cerumen

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-128

  Olusanya, Bola O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CERUMEN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOSCOPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SCREENING TEST; TYMPANOMETRY;

AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CERUMEN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0038473942     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249303235002189     Document Type: Article

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