Mobile applications to detect hearing impairment: opportunities and challenges

Affiliations

¹ Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, South Africa.
² Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
³ Communication Sciences Research Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Ohio, United States of America.

De Wet Swanepoel et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2019.

. 2019 Oct 1;97(10):717-718.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.18.227728. Epub 2019 Sep 3.

¹ Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, South Africa.
² Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
³ Communication Sciences Research Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Ohio, United States of America.

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