Minimal hearing loss in children: Minimal but not inconsequential

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 80-93

  Tharpe, Anne Marie ^a   Sladen, Douglas P ^b   Dodd Murphy, Jeanne ^c   Boney, Stephen J ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimal hearing loss; Unilateral hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AUDIOLOGY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EMOTION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOEDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

EID: 67650079645     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: 10988955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1215437     Document Type: Review

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