Maternal views on infant hearing loss in a developing country

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 619-623

  Olusanya, B O ^a   Luxon, L M ^b   Wirz, S L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing country; Hearing loss; Newborn screening; Parental attitude; Parental decision; Parental knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEWBORN SCREENING; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING;

ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NEONATAL SCREENING; NIGERIA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33344464554     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2005.08.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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