Neonatal Hearing Screening - Methods and Outcome

Audiological Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-174

  Watkin, Peter M ^a  

^a WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Auditory response cradle; Confirmation of deafness; Hearing loss; Neonatal hearing screening; Transient evoked oto acoustic emissions

Indexed keywords

AUTOANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN SCREENING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 1842471054     PISSN: 1651386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16513860310002022     Document Type: Review

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