Ten-year quality assurance of the nationwide hearing screening programme in Dutch neonatal intensive care units

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1097-1103

  Van Dommelen, P ^a   Van Straaten, H L M ^b   Verkerk, P H ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hearing; Newborn; Quality; Screening; Trend

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY SCREENING; AUTOMATED AUDITORY BRAINSTEM RESPONSE; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUTCH; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 79960078616     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02230.x     Document Type: Article

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