Hearing impairment: A population study of age at diagnosis, severity, and language outcomes at 7-8 years

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 238-244

  Wake, M ^a,b   Poulakis, Z ^b   Hughes, E K ^b   Carey Sargeant, C ^c   Rickards, F W ^d  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Eastern Metropolitan Region ^*  (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE OF ONSET; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VICTORIA;

EID: 14844310409     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.039354     Document Type: Article

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