Newborn hearing screening: Effectiveness, importance of high-risk factors, and characteristics of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit and well-baby nursery

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1186-1190

  Korres, S ^a,c   Nikolopoulos, T P ^a   Komkotou, V ^b   Balatsouras, D ^a   Kandiloros, D ^a   Constantinou, D ^b   Ferekidis, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b IASO   (Greece)

^c HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Congenital; Hearing; Intensive care unit; Low birth weight; Neonatal; Newborn; Ototoxic; Prematurity; Program; Risk factor; Screening; Syndromes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; OTOTOXICITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EAR; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 28144450163     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mao.0000184602.94677.41     Document Type: Article

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