Perinatal profile of very low birthweight infants under a universal newborn hearing screening programme in a developing country: A case-control study

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 156-163

  Olusanya, Bolajoko O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Birth asphyxia; Developmental deficits; Hyperbilirubinemia; Low birth weight; Sensorineural hearing loss; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; AUTOMATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEONATAL SCREENING; NIGERIA; ODDS RATIO; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77952267506     PISSN: 17518423     EISSN: 17518431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17518420903468472     Document Type: Article

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