Newborn hearing screening speeds diagnosis and access to intervention by 20-25 months

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-57

  Sininger, Yvonne S ^a   Martinez, Amy ^b   Eisenberg, Laurie ^b   Christensen, Elizabeth ^a   Grimes, Alison ^c   Hu, Jasmine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Early intervention; Newborn hearing screening

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING;

EID: 69249106009     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.20.1.5     Document Type: Article

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