The impact of universal newborn hearing screening on long-term literacy outcomes: A Prospective cohort study

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 9-15

  Pimperton, Hannah ^a   Blythe, Hazel ^b   Kreppner, Jana ^b   Mahon, Merle ^c   Peacock, Janet L ^d   Stevenson, Jim ^b   Terlektsi, Emmanouela ^a   Worsfold, Sarah ^a   Yuen, Ho Ming ^a   Kennedy, Colin R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; BIRTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN SCREENING; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERMANENT CHILDHOOD HEARING IMPAIRMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; READING; UNIVERSAL NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING; ENGLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LITERACY; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84951959256     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307516     Document Type: Article

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