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Genetic selection for deafness: the views of hearing children of deaf adults
- Correspondence to Associate Professor Martin B Delatycki, Bruce Lefroy Centre for Genetic Health Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, 3052, Victoria, Australia; martin.delatycki{at}ghsv.org.au
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Genetic selection for deafness: the views of hearing children of deaf adults
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- Received March 21, 2009
- Revised July 28, 2009
- Accepted July 30, 2009
- First published November 30, 2009.
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April 27, 2016
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