A mobile telemedicine-enabled ear screening service for Indigenous children in Queensland: Activity and outcomes in the first three years

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 485-489

  Smith, Anthony C ^a,d   Armfield, Nigel R ^a,d   Wu, Wei I ^a   Brown, Cecil A ^b   Perry, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Royal Children's Hospital and Health Service District   (Australia)

^d Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ADOLESCENT; AUDIOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADOLESCENT; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871785395     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2012.GTH114     Document Type: Review

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