Universal screening for hearing loss in newborns: US preventive services task force recommendation statement

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 143-148

  Calonge, Ned ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Newborn screening; Preventive services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENERAL MEDICAL AIDS; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NEWBORN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; AGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SPEECH DISORDER; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; NEONATAL SCREENING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPEECH DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48249137743     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2210     Document Type: Article

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