Early detection of infant hearing loss in the private health care sector of South Africa

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 698-703

  Meyer, Miriam Elsa ^a   Swanepoel, De Wet ^a,b   le Roux, Talita ^a   van der Linde, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Auditory neuropathy; Follow up; Infant hearing loss; Newborn hearing screening; Otoacoustic emissions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNITY WARD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; NEONATAL SCREENING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84860243209     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2012.02.023     Document Type: Article

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