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. 2017 Jul;38(6):786-787.
doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000001416.

Cochlear Implantation: Vast Unmet Need to Address Deafness Globally

Mehmet İlhan Şahin  1 , Jessica E Sagers, Konstantina M Stankovic
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Cochlear Implantation: Vast Unmet Need to Address Deafness Globally

Mehmet İlhan Şahin et al. Otol Neurotol. 2017 Jul.
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(A) Estimated number of infants born with profound hearing loss annually in the ten most populous countries; (B) GDP per capita relative to CI cost in representative high-, upper middle-, and lower middle-income countries.
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