Low prevalence of hearing impairment among very low birthweight infants as detected by universal neonatal hearing screening

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Ari Even Roth, D ^a,b   Hildesheimer, M ^a,b   Maayan Metzger, A ^b   Muchnik, C ^a,b   Hamburger, A ^a   Mazkeret, R ^b   Kuint, J ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING;

APGAR SCORE; BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 33745866895     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.074476     Document Type: Article

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