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The prevalence of congenital and early-onset hearing loss in Jordanian and Israeli infants

La Incidencia de hipoacusias congénitas y de inicio temprano en niños jordanos e israelíes

J. Attias University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel; Schneider Children's Mediceal Center of Israel and Rabin Medical Center, Petach-Tikva, Israel; Middle East Association for Management of Hearing Loss (MEHA), Jordan, Israel; Equal authorship contribution, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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M. Al-Masri Middle East Association for Management of Hearing Loss (MEHA), Jordan, Israel; Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan; Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Amman, Jordan; Equal authorship contribution, Canada
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L. Abukader Middle East Association for Management of Hearing Loss (MEHA), Jordan, Israel
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G. Cohen Schneider Children's Mediceal Center of Israel and Rabin Medical Center, Petach-Tikva, Israel
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P. Merlov Schneider Children's Mediceal Center of Israel and Rabin Medical Center, Petach-Tikva, Israel
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H. Pratt Middle East Association for Management of Hearing Loss (MEHA), Jordan, Israel; Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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R. Othman-Jebara Middle East Association for Management of Hearing Loss (MEHA), Jordan, Israel; Al Quds University, Abu Dis, West-Bank, Canada
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P. Aber Middle East Association for Management of Hearing Loss (MEHA), Jordan, Israel; Canada International Scientific Exchange Program (CISEPO), Canada; University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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F. Raad Middle East Association for Management of Hearing Loss (MEHA), Jordan, Israel
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A. Noyek University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Canada International Scientific Exchange Program (CISEPO), Canada; Middle East Association for Management of Hearing Loss (MEHA), Jordan, Israel
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Pages 528-536 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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