title: Can your next pediatric patient hear you?
abstract: Communication with pediatric patients can be complicated when the child has diminished hearing capacity. The prevalence of this problem in various population groups is provided in an effort to assist practitioners as they increase care to diverse population groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Health, School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794-8715, USA.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Waldman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology