Age at diagnosis of deaf babies: A retrospective analysis highlighting the advantage of newborn hearing screening

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1283-1289

  Canale, A ^a   Favero, E ^b   Lacilla, M ^a   Recchia, E ^b   Schindler, A ^c   Roggero, N ^a   Albera, R ^a  

^a Ente CRA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital hearing loss; Newborn hearing screening; Otoacoustic emissions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33646765244     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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