Newborn Hearing Screening in a County Hospital This report describes the problems encountered in maintaining a newborn hearing screening program in a county hospital. The failure of parents to bring infants in for follow-up and the problems of keeping trained volunteer testers resulted in termination of the program. ... Forum
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Newborn Hearing Screening in a County Hospital
Irving Shapiro
 
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  • © 1974 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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Forum   |   February 01, 1974
Newborn Hearing Screening in a County Hospital
Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, February 1974, Vol. 39, 89-92. doi:10.1044/jshd.3901.89
History: Received July 19, 1973 , Accepted September 28, 1973
 
Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, February 1974, Vol. 39, 89-92. doi:10.1044/jshd.3901.89
History: Received July 19, 1973; Accepted September 28, 1973
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This report describes the problems encountered in maintaining a newborn hearing screening program in a county hospital. The failure of parents to bring infants in for follow-up and the problems of keeping trained volunteer testers resulted in termination of the program.

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