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Quantification of audiogram fine-structure as a function of hearing threshold

J Wiebe Horst1, Hero P Wit, Frans W J Albers

  • 1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. j.w.horst@med.rug.nl

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