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Ethical issues in screening for hearing impairment in newborns in developing countries
- Correspondence to: B O Olusanya Academic Unit of Audiological Medicine, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK; b.olusanya{at}ich.ucl.ac.uk
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Ethical issues in screening for hearing impairment in newborns in developing countries
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- Received October 11, 2005
- Accepted December 12, 2005
- Revised December 8, 2005
- First published September 29, 2006.
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April 27, 2016
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