Ah-ha! Those two can be misheared even among the natives.
But the pronunciation is different:
Hospital: 病院/びょういん: byo-in
Beauty salon: 美容院/びよういん: bi-youin or bi-yo-in
Open the site below (a google translation page) and
click the speaker mark at the Japanese window to hear it, pleas;
https://translate.google.com/#en/ja/a%20hospital%20and%20a%20beauty%20salon
If talked fast, the two can be easily misheard.
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No, they don't though ther are very similar in pronunciation but with kanji, they are totally different.
Hospital = 病院[びょういん] (byouin) *written with ょ, the small one
Beauty salon = 美容院[びよういん] (biyouin)
I hope this helps you.
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