Risk factors and prevalence of newborn hearing loss in a private health care system of Porto Velho, Northern Brazil

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of hearing loss and to analyze the results of newborn hearing screening and audiological diagnosis in private health care systems. METHODS Cross-sectional and retrospective study in a database of newborn hearing screening performed by a private clinic in neonat...

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Main Authors: Juliana Santos de Oliveira, Liliane Barbosa Rodrigues, Fernanda Soares Aurélio, Virgínia Braz da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo 2013-09-01
Series:Revista Paulista de Pediatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-05822013000300299&lng=en&tlng=en