Prevalence and risk factors of hearing impairment among primary-school children in Shebin El-Kom District, Egypt

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-60

  Taha, Azza A ^a   Pratt, Sheila R ^b   Farahat, Taghreed M ^a   Abdel Rasoul, Gaafar M ^a   Albtanony, Manal A ^a   Elrashiedy, Abdel Latif E ^a   Alwakeel, Hany R ^a   Zein, Ahmed ^a  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Egypt; Hearing impairment; Hearing loss; Hearing screening; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77953574241     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2010/09-0030)     Document Type: Article

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