Outcomes and efficacy of newborn hearing screening: Strengths and weaknesses (success or failure?)

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1253-1256

  Korres, S ^a   Nikolopoulos, Thomas P ^a,f   Peraki, E E ^b   Tsiakou, M ^a   Karakitsou, M ^a   Apostolopoulos, N ^c   Economides, J ^d   Balatsouras, D ^e   Ferekidis, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Laso Maternity Hospital   (Greece)

^c P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d Ag Sophia Children's Hospital   (Greece)

^e TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^f NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Congenital; Deaf; Efficacy; Hearing; Neonatal; Newborn; Program; Screening; Strength; Weakness

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; AUDITORY SCREENING; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; STRENGTH; TRANSIENT EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REMINDER SYSTEM; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; STATISTICS;

AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 47149086791     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31816d726c     Document Type: Article

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