Population of children who are deaf or hard of hearing in flanders (belgium): Effects of 12 years of universal newborn hearing screening, early intervention, and early cochlear implantation

Volta Review

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-148

  Raeve, Leo De ^a,b   Lichtert, Guido ^c  

^a Research center on cochlear implants   (Belgium)

^b ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84867569758     PISSN: 00428639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17955/tvr.112.2.688     Document Type: Review

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