International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Volume 74, Issue 7 , Pages 760-764 , July 2010

The Hearing Scale Test for hearing screening of school-age children

  • Wen-Huei Liao

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Otolaryngology and National Yang-Ming University Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chiang-Feng Lien

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology and National Yang-Ming University Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shuenn-Tsong Young

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, No. 155, Sec. 2, Linong St., Taipei 112, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 2 28267022; fax: +886 2 28210847.

Received 3 December 2009 ,Revised 17 March 2010 ,Accepted 21 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.03.033

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Volume 74, Issue 7 , Pages 760-764 , July 2010

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