Outcome of a newborn hearing screening program in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia: The first five years

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-28

  Ahmad, Amirozi ^a   Mohamad, Irfan ^a   Mansor, Suzana ^a   Daud, Mohd Khairi ^a   Sidek, Dinsuhaimi ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79251631692     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.75774     Document Type: Article

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