Prevalence and etiology of congenital or early acquired hearing impairment in Eastern Finland

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1353-1357

  Dietz, Aarno ^a   Löppönen, Tuija ^b,c   Valtonen, Hannu ^a   Hyvärinen, Antti ^a   Löppönen, Heikki ^a,d  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Mantykangas School   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Congenital; Early acquired; Etiology; Hearing loss; Prevalence; Sensorineural

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ONSET AGE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 69249205566     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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