A practical screening model for hearing loss in Iranian school-aged children

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-50

  Sarafraz, Mozafar ^a   Ahmadi, Khashayar ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Otitis media; Screening; Students

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTOSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; AGE FACTORS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OTOSCOPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 59349085521     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-009-0008-3     Document Type: Article

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