Parents' perspectives on the impact of the early diagnosis of childhood hearing loss

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-106

  Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth ^a,b   Graham, Ian D ^a,c   Durieux Smith, Andrée ^a,b   Angus, Doug ^a   Coyle, Doug ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benefits; Children; Hearing loss; Hearing screening; Parents' perspectives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PARENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SCREENING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPEECH REHABILITATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; NEONATAL SCREENING; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33947194917     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020600977770     Document Type: Article

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