National Newborn Hearing Screening Program in Turkey: Struggles and implementations between 2004 and 2008

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1621-1623

  Bolat, Hilal ^a   Bebitoglu, Fevzi G ^a   Ozbas, Sema ^a   Altunsu, Ali T ^a   Kose, Mehmet R ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Deafness; Hearing loss; Neonatal; Newborn; Screening

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY SCREENING; CHILD; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TURKEY;

EID: 70449532218     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2009.08.002     Document Type: Review

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