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Hearing impairment

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Abstract

The literature on hearing focusses on its measurement, anatomy and physiology, its disorders and their diagnosis, and on prevention and treatment. This chapter is concerned with still another dimension; a perspective on the development of a public health services programme for children with a hearing impairment.

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Authors
  1. Don A. Harrington PhD
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Section on Maternal and Child Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, 92182, San Diego, California, USA

    Helen M. Wallace MD, MPH (Professor and head) (Professor and head)

  2. Tropical Child Health Unit, Institute of Child Health, University of London, London, England

    G. J. Ebrahim FRCP(Ed. and Glas.) DCH(Lond.) (Senior lecturer) (Senior lecturer)

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© 1981 H. M. Wallace and G. J. Ebrahim

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Harrington, D.A. (1981). Hearing impairment. In: Wallace, H.M., Ebrahim, G.J. (eds) Maternal and Child Health Around the World. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05386-5_32

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