Universal newborn hearing screening: Are we achieving the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) objectives?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 232-236

  Connolly, James L ^a   Carron, Jeffrey D ^a   Roark, Suzanne D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ABR; Cost; Hearing screening; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEARING LOSS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MISSISSIPPI; NEONATAL SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 13444311983     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000154724.00787.49     Document Type: Review

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