The ages of intervention in regions with and without universal newborn hearing screening and prevalence of childhood hearing impairment in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-150

  Ching, Teresa Y C ^a   Oong, Ron ^b   Van Wanrooy, Emma ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b Australian Hearing   (Australia)

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EID: 34548812310     PISSN: 01571532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/audi.28.2.137     Document Type: Article

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