Deafness - The neglected and hidden disability

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 565-571

  Mackenzie, I ^a   Smith, A ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN;

CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEASLES; MUMPS; NOISE; NONHUMAN; OTOTOXICITY; PRESBYACUSIS; REVIEW; RUBELLA; TINNITUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449139783     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349809X12459740922372     Document Type: Review

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