Factors associated with auditory neuropathy/dys-synchrony in a developing country

Audiological Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 120-128

  Olusanya, Bolajoko O ^a,b   Wirz, Shiela L ^c   Luxon, Linda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early onset hearing loss; Infant hearing screening; Neonatal jaundice; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DYSSYNCHRONY; AUDITORY SCREENING; CELL FUNCTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HAIR CELL; HEALTH CENTER; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN SCREENING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSIENT EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

EID: 45849096419     PISSN: 1651386X     EISSN: 16513835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16513860802088198     Document Type: Article

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