Hearing loss in Chinese school children with Down syndrome

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1905-1915

  McPherson, Bradley ^a   Lai, Sandy Pui Shan ^a   Leung, Kevin Kwong Ki ^a   Ng, Iris Hoi Yee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Down syndrome; Hearing impairment; Prevalence; School age; TEOAE; Tympanometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; DOWN SYNDROME; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTOSCOPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TYMPANOMETRY;

AUDIOMETRY; AWARENESS; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 35548937868     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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