Barriers to the early cochlear implantation of deaf children

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 406-412

  Lester, Elizabeth B ^a   Dawson, Jeffrey D ^b   Gantz, Bruce J ^a   Hansen, Marlan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Department of Biostatistics   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Hearig loss; Newborn hearing screen; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953114287     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3182040c22     Document Type: Article

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