Community-based infant hearing screening for early detection of permanent hearing loss in Lagos, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study
OBJECTIVE: To determine the feasibility and effectiveness of a community-based universal infant hearing screening programme for detecting permanent congenital and early-onset hearing loss (PCEHL) in Lagos, Nigeria. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study in which all infants aged 3 months or under...
Main Authors: | BO Olusanya, SL Wirz, LM Luxon |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2008-12-01
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Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862008001200013&lng=en&tlng=en |
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