Universal newborn hearing screening in Singapore: The need, implementation and challenges

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 301-306

  Low, Wong Kein ^a   Pang, K Y ^b   Ho, L Y ^a   Lim, S B ^c   Joseph, R ^d  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b National Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Coordinating Office   (Singapore)

^c KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Deafness; Early intervention; Hearing; Hearing loss; Neonatal screening

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AWARENESS; BIRTH DEFECT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 21244464720     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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