The universal newborn hearing screening program at the University Hospital of Ferrara: Focus on costs and software solutions

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 807-816

  Ciorba, Andrea ^a   Hatzopoulos, Stavros ^a   Busi, Micol ^a   Guerrini, Piero ^a   Petruccelli, Joseph ^b   Martini, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

ABR; Auditory Brainstem Responses; Automated ABR; DPOAEs; EHDI; Newborn Hearing Screening (NHS); NHS costs; NICU; Otoacoustic emissions; TEOAEs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DEAFNESS; HEARING TESTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; ITALY; NEONATAL SCREENING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 42749087846     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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