Public health impact of hearing impairment and disability

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 58-63

  Kotby, M N ^a,c   Tawfik, S ^a   Aziz, A ^b   Taha, H ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Communicative rehabilitation; Epidemiology of hearing loss; Hearing aids; Hearing disability; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; EGYPT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AUDIOLOGY; CHILD; EGYPT; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LEARNING DISORDERS; NEONATAL SCREENING; PUBLIC HEALTH; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 39849090605     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000114646     Document Type: Article

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