Improved health and development of children who are deaf and hard of hearing following early intervention

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 12 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 10-12

  Hayes, Deborah ^a  

^a The Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Infant; Language; Newborn hearing screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; DEAFNESS; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); HUMANS;

EID: 77952478554     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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