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They are both grammatically correct as shortened forms for:

What did you say?

Pardon me, I did not hear that. or Pardon me, can you please repeat that.

Only in the most casual settings should you use the shortened form, in any other setting, public, professional, etc. you should use the complete sentence, whichever one you choose.

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