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Implementing infant hearing screening at maternal and child health clinics: context and interactional processes

De Wet Swanepoel, René Hugo, Brenda Louw
Health SA Gesondheid | Vol 10, No 4 | a203 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v10i4.203 | © 2005 De Wet Swanepoel, René Hugo, Brenda Louw | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 10 November 2005 | Published: 10 November 2005

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De Wet Swanepoel, University of Pretoria, South Africa
René Hugo, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Brenda Louw, University of Pretoria, South Africa

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Infant hearing screening has become increasingly widespread as research evidence a dramatic benefit when early identification of hearing loss occurs before six-months of age.

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Tans word gehoorsifting van babas toenemend uitgevoer as gevolg van navorsingsbewyse wat die dramatiese voordele van vroeë identifikasie van gehoorverlies (voor die ouderdom van ses-maande) aantoon.

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