Prevalence of permanent childhood hearing impairment in the United Kingdom and implications for universal neonatal hearing screening: questionnaire based ascertainment studyCommentary: Universal newborn hearing screening: implications for coordinating and developing services for deaf and hearing impaired children

Fortnum, Heather; Davis, Adrian; Quentin Summerfield, A.; H Marshall, David; C Davis, Adrian; M Bamford, John; Yoshinaga-Itano, Christine; Hind, Sally

doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7312.536

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Prevalence of permanent childhood hearing impairment in the United Kingdom and implications for universal neonatal hearing screening: questionnaire based ascertainment studyCommentary: Universal newborn hearing screening: implications for coordinating and developing services for deaf and hearing impaired children

Published in BMJ • Sep 8, 2001

Authors:

Heather Fortnum

Adrian Davis

A. Quentin Summerfield

Abstract

Abstract Objective: To estimate the prevalence of confirmed permanent childhood hearing impairment and its profile across age and degree of impairment in the United Kingdom. Design: Retrospective total ascertainment through sources in the health and education sectors by postal questionnaire. Setting...

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Medicine

Pediatrics

Confidence interval

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