Diagnostic tests: Newborn hearing screening

Australian Prescriber

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 82-84

  Coates, Harvey ^a   Gifkins, Kim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audiology; Deafness

Indexed keywords

AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING LOSS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; NEWBORN SCREENING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; SHORT SURVEY; SPEECH; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0043173660     PISSN: 03128008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2003.062     Document Type: Short Survey

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