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Performance and preference for ACE stimulation rates obtained with nucleus RP 8 and freedom system

B P Weber1, W K Lai, N Dillier

  • 1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland.

Ear and Hearing
|May 15, 2007
PubMed

Keywords:
speech perceptionauditory processingpulse rateclinical evaluation

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