A comparison of automated auditory brainstem responses and transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions for universal newborn hearing screening

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Korres, Stavros G ^a   Balatsouras, Dimitrios G ^b,d   Lyra, Chrysa ^c   Kandiloros, Dimitris ^a   Ferekidis, Eleftherios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^c IASO   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem responses; Hearing; Hearing screening; Screening; Transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING;

AUDIOMETRY, EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; RISK;

EID: 33744961205     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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