General considerations about screening and their relevance to adult hearing screening

Audiological Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 165-174

  Gianopoulos, Ioanis ^a   Stephens, Dafydd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult hearing screening; Bias; Hearing aids (Qualifiers SD, UT); Informed choice; National Screening Committee; Pass fail criterion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SCREENING TEST; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 28744447701     PISSN: 1651386X     EISSN: 16513835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16513860500268118     Document Type: Article

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