Initial audiologic assessment of infants referred from well baby, special care, and neonatal intensive care unit nurseries

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-24

  Karzon, Roanne K ^a   Cho Lieu, Judith E ^b  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; CLICK; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED HEARING LOSS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TYMPANOMETRY; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EVOKED RESPONSE AUDIOMETRY; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; STANDARD; TIME;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, EVOKED RESPONSE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OTOLOGICAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548719431     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2006/003)     Document Type: Article

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