A new hearing screening system for preschool children

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 290-295

  Wu, Wenjin ^a   Lü, Jingrong ^a   Li, Yun ^a   Shan Kam, Anna Chi ^b   Fai Tong, Michael Chi ^b   Huang, Zhiwu ^a   Wu, Hao ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Conductive hearing impairment; Multimedia; Permanent hearing impairment; Pure tone screening

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY SCREENING; BILATERAL HEARING LOSS; CERUMEN IMPACTION; CHILD; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYMPANOMETRY; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892486816     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2013.11.026     Document Type: Article

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