Pilot study of universal newborn hearing screening in Japan: District-based screening program in Okayama

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 166-171

  Fukushima, Kunihiro ^a   Mimaki, Nobuyoshi ^b   Fukuda, Shoichiro ^c   Nishizaki, Kazunori ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kurashiki Medical Center   (Japan)

^c Okayama Kanariya Gakuen   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automated auditory brain stem response; Japan; Negative predictive value; Newborn hearing screening; Positive predictive value; Prelingual deafness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 40949125261     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940811700302     Document Type: Article

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