Equal opportunities for children with hearing loss by means of early identification

South African Family Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-

  Swanepoel, D C D ^a   Delport, S D ^b   Swart, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; EDITORIAL; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NEWBORN SCREENING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; SPEECH DISORDER;

EID: 34247540447     PISSN: 20786190     EISSN: 20786204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2007.10873492     Document Type: Editorial

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