Pre-school hearing screening: Profile of children from Ogbomoso, Nigeria

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1987-1991

  Adebola, Stephen Oluwatosin ^a   Ayodele, Samuel Oluyomi ^a   Oyelakin, Oyeleye Abayomi ^a   Babarinde, John Adekunle ^a   Adebola, Oyebola Eyitayo ^b  

^a LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Hearing screening; Nigeria; Otoscopy; Pre school

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETER; AUDITORY SCREENING; CERUMEN IMPACTION; CHILD; EARDRUM PERFORATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; MALE; NIGERIA; OTOSCOPE; OTOSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA;

HEARING SCREENING; NIGERIA; OTOSCOPY; PRE-SCHOOL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NIGERIA; OTOSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84889583505     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2013.09.019     Document Type: Article

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