Routine hearing screening in primary care for adult populations using Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions testing

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 400-404

  Patterson, Beverly M ^a   Renaud, Michelle ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Advanced practice nurse (APN); Health policy; Health promotion; Health screening; Hearing loss; Otoacoustic emission

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862845467     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2012.00718.x     Document Type: Article

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