Newborn Hearing Screening and Early Diagnostic in the NICU
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Newborn Hearing Screening and Early Diagnostic in the NICU
The aim was to describe the outcome of neonatal hearing screening (NHS) and audiological diagnosis in neonates in the NICU. The sample was divided into Group I: neonates who underwent NHS in one step and Group II: neonates who underwent a test and retest NHS. NHS procedure was automated auditory brainstem response. NHS was performed in 82.1% of surviving neonates. For GI, referral rate was 18.6...
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عنوان ژورنال: BioMed Research International
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2314-6133,2314-6141
DOI: 10.1155/2014/845308