Mild bilateral and unilateral hearing loss in childhood: A 20-year view of hearing characteristics, and audiologic practices before and after newborn hearing screening

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-18

  Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Whittingham, JoAnne ^b   Durieux Smith, Andrée ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amplification; Children; Mild bilateral hearing loss; Newborn hearing screening; Unilateral hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BILATERAL HEARING LOSS; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891827656     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31829e1ed9     Document Type: Article

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