Potential Pitfalls of Initiating a Newborn Hearing Screening Program
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Potential pitfalls of initiating a newborn hearing screening program.
OBJECTIVE To examine the efficacy of a universal screening program for infant hearing. DESIGN Retrospective analysis. SETTING Tertiary care center. PATIENTS We examined 2289 (90.2%) of 2537 infants born at our institution from April 1, 1995, to June 30, 1996, for hearing loss (HL). INTERVENTIONS We used a 3-stage protocol with transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) in stages 1 a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0886-4470
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.125.1.28