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Comparing outcomes of ultra-low-cost hearing aids to programmable, refurbished hearing aids for adults with high frequency hearing loss in Malawi: A feasibility study

2023-03-14

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<h4>Introduction</h4> Access to ear and hearing health services are limited or non-existent in low-income countries, with less than 10% of the global production of hearing aids is distributed to this population. The aim of this feasibility study was to compare the outcomes of an ultra-low-cost hearing aid (LoCHAid) to programmable, refurbished hearing aids for adults with high-frequency hearing loss, in Blantyre,...

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Literature Corpus work: bae9575b-a106-5dcc-8de6-972a99559d7a
DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.08.23286971

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