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Figure 1. NHS flowchart.
a: NHS program in Group 1 (April 2011 to March 2016), b: NHS program in Group 2 (April 2017 to March 2022).
NHS: Newborn Hearing Screening, KMSH: Kochi Medical School Hospital, KRWC: Kochi Prefectural Rehabilitation and Welfare Center.

Figure 2. Duration until the first visit to a diagnostic institution.
X indicates the average of each group.

Figure 3. Duration until intervention.
X indicates the average of each group.