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Original Article

Quality of life, psychosocial consequences, and audiological rehabilitation after sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Per-Inge Carlsson *ENT-clinic, Central Hospital, Karlstad, Sweden; Audiological Research Center, University Hospital, Örebro, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Malin Hall The National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools, Örebro, Sweden
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Karl-Johan Lind Department of Audiology, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden
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Berth Danermark Swedish Institute of Disability Research, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
Pages 139-144 | Received 07 May 2010, Accepted 18 Oct 2010, Published online: 25 Jan 2011

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