Adult Hearing Screening: The Cyprus Pilot Program
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[page 69] Adult hearing screening: the Cyprus Pilot Program C. Thodi,1 M. Parazzini,2 S.E. Kramer,3 A.C. Davis,4 S. Stenfelt,5 T. Janssen,6 D. Stephens,7 P.A. Smith,4,8 M. Pronk,3 L.J.C. Anteunis,9 F. Grandori2 1Cyprus Audiology Center, Nicosia, Cyprus; 2Istituto di Ingegneria Biomedica ISIB, CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milano, Italy; 3Department of ENT/Audiology, VU University Medical Center, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 4MRC Hearing and Communication Group, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, London, UK; 5Linkoepings Universitet Faculty of Health Sciences, Division of Technical Audiology, Sweden; 6Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München (Germany); 7Department of Psychological Medicine and Neurology, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales; 8Hearing Services Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK; 9Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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