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ArticleBrazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology

Multiprofessional committee on auditory health: COMUSA.

Doris Ruthy Lewis, Silvio Antonio Monteiro Marone, Beatriz C A Mendes, Oswaldo Laercio Mendonça Cruz, Manoel de Nóbrega

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Article in Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Neonatal Hearing Screening Associated with Congenital Syphilis and HIV.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024
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  17. Risk factors and prevalence of newborn hearing loss in a private health care system of Porto Velho, Northern Brazil.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Doris Ruthy LewisPUCSP, Brazil.
Silvio Antonio Monteiro Marone
Beatriz C A Mendes
Oswaldo Laercio Mendonça Cruz
Manoel de Nóbrega

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Created in 2007, COMUSA is a multiprofessional committee comprising speech therapy, otology, otorhinolaryngology and pediatrics with the aim of debating and countersigning auditory health actions for neonatal, lactating, preschool and school children, adolescents, adults and elderly persons. COMUSA includes representatives of the Brazilian Audiology Academy (Academia Brasileira de Audiologia or ABA), the Brazilian Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery Association (Associação Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cérvico Facial or ABORL), the Brazilian Phonoaudiology Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia or SBFa), the Brazilian Otology Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Otologia or SBO), and the Brazilian Pediatrics Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria or SBP).

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Professional Staff CommitteesAdolescentAdultAgedBrazilChildChild, PreschoolHearing DisordersHumansInfantInfant, NewbornNeonatal ScreeningPatient Care Team

Identifiers

PMID20339700
PMCPMC9446045

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