Neonatal hearing screening in a rural/sub-urban community in Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa-A preliminary report

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1452-1455

  Lasisi, Akeem O ^a   Onakoya, Paul A ^a   Lasisi, Taye J ^a   Akinola, Moronke D ^b   Tongo, Olukemi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Automated auditory brainstem response; Neonatal hearing screening; Pass; Referral

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; AUTOMATED AUDITORY BRAINSTEM RESPONSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; NIGERIA; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84905276158     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.06.003     Document Type: Article

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