Hearing-impaired children in the United Kingdom, II: Cochlear implantation and the cost of compulsory education

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-207

  Barton, Garry R ^a,b   Stacey, Paula C ^a,c   Fortnum, Heather M ^a,d   Summerfield, A Quentin ^a,c  

^a MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPULSORY EDUCATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SKILL; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEARING LOSS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED;

EID: 33746565852     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000202348.77016.1f     Document Type: Article

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