Validity of pure-tone hearing screening at well-child visits

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-163

  Halloran, Donna R ^a   Hardin, J Michael ^b   Wall, Terry C ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGIST; AUDITORY SCREENING; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 59949087441     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2008.526     Document Type: Article

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