Universal newborn hearing screening and intervention: Assessing the current collaborative environment in service provision

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-71

  Gallagher, Peggy A ^a   Easterbrooks, Susan ^a   Malone, Delia G ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Newborn hearing; Systems; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749453245     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001163-200601000-00007     Document Type: Review

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