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Potential barriers to the daily use of hearing aids in children

Medhat F. Yousef, Ziyad I. Dhayan, Tahera Islam, Fahad Z. Alotabi and Eman A Hajr
Saudi Medical Journal April 2023, 44 (4) 406-412; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.4.20220766
Medhat F. Yousef
From the College of Medicine (Yousef), King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center, King Saud University; from King Saud University (Dhayan); from the College of Medicine and Research Center (Islam), King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology (Alotabi, Hajr), Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Audiology Unit, ENT Department (Yousef), Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shibin El Kom, Menoufia, Egypt.
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Ziyad I. Dhayan
From the College of Medicine (Yousef), King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center, King Saud University; from King Saud University (Dhayan); from the College of Medicine and Research Center (Islam), King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology (Alotabi, Hajr), Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Audiology Unit, ENT Department (Yousef), Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shibin El Kom, Menoufia, Egypt.
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Tahera Islam
From the College of Medicine (Yousef), King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center, King Saud University; from King Saud University (Dhayan); from the College of Medicine and Research Center (Islam), King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology (Alotabi, Hajr), Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Audiology Unit, ENT Department (Yousef), Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shibin El Kom, Menoufia, Egypt.
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Fahad Z. Alotabi
From the College of Medicine (Yousef), King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center, King Saud University; from King Saud University (Dhayan); from the College of Medicine and Research Center (Islam), King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology (Alotabi, Hajr), Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Audiology Unit, ENT Department (Yousef), Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shibin El Kom, Menoufia, Egypt.
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Eman A Hajr
From the College of Medicine (Yousef), King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center, King Saud University; from King Saud University (Dhayan); from the College of Medicine and Research Center (Islam), King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology (Alotabi, Hajr), Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Audiology Unit, ENT Department (Yousef), Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shibin El Kom, Menoufia, Egypt.
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