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Category of hearing loss severity at diagnosis and at most recent assessment. The shaded boxes represent the degree of hearing loss in the impaired ear at diagnosis and the unshaded boxes the degree at final assessment. For the 21 ears that developed hearing loss (previously normal hearing), degree of hearing loss at final assessment is shown. UHL, unilateral hearing loss; HL, hearing loss.
