Universal newborn hearing screening program in Bulgaria

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 805-810

  Rouev, P ^a   Mumdzhiev, H ^a   Spiridonova, J ^b   Dimov, P ^a  

^a TRAKIA UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Automated auditory brainstem response; Cost effectiveness; Hearing loss; Universal newborn hearing screening program

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; BULGARIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BULGARIA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2342506522     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2004.01.013     Document Type: Article

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