Language Ability after Early Detection of Permanent Childhood Hearing Impairment
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Language ability after early detection of permanent childhood hearing impairment.
BACKGROUND Children with bilateral permanent hearing impairment often have impaired language and speech abilities. However, the effects of universal newborn screening for permanent bilateral childhood hearing impairment and the effects of confirmation of hearing impairment by nine months of age on subsequent verbal abilities are uncertain. METHODS We studied 120 children with bilateral perman...
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عنوان ژورنال: New England Journal of Medicine
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0028-4793,1533-4406
DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa054915