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From: Bidirectional relation between depression and sudden sensorineural hearing loss: Two longitudinal follow-up studies using a national sample cohort

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Schematic illustration of the participant selection process used in the present study. (a) Out of a total of 1,125,691 participants, 60,718 depressed participants were matched with 242,872 control participants according to age, group, sex, income group, and region of residence. (a) Out of a total of 1,125,691 participants, 4,328 SSNHL participants were matched with 17,312 control participants according to age, group, sex, income group, and region of residence.

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