Deaf children identified through newborn hearing screening: Parents' experiences of the diagnostic process

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-45

  Tattersall, H ^a   Young, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deaf child; Diagnostic process; Hearing screening; Professional communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; DEAFNESS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; PARENTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; STATE MEDICINE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33644870962     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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