Introducing universal newborn hearing screening in Denmark: Preliminary results from the city of Copenhagen

Audiological Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 176-181

  Konrádsson, Konrád S ^a   Kjaerboel, Erik ^a   Boerch, Klaus ^b  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Hearing impairment; Transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions; Universal newborn hearing screening

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FOLLOW UP; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 35148869162     PISSN: 1651386X     EISSN: 16513835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16513860701472543     Document Type: Article

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