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

• Main Authors: Juliana Santos de Oliveira (Author), Liliane Barbosa Rodrigues (Author), Fernanda Soares Aurélio (Author), Virgínia Braz da Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo, 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...