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Quality and readability of English-language internet information for adults with hearing impairment and their significant others

Ariane Laplante-Lévesque *Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Sweden;Eriksholm Research Centre, Oticon A/S, Snekkersten, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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K. Jonas Brännström *Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Sweden;Department of Logopedics, Phoniatrics, and Audiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Gerhard Andersson *Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Sweden;Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Thomas Lunner *Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Sweden;Eriksholm Research Centre, Oticon A/S, Snekkersten, Denmark
Pages 618-626 | Received 30 Sep 2011, Accepted 04 Apr 2012, Published online: 26 Jun 2012

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