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Relationship between acceptable noise level and the abbreviated profile of hearing aid benefit

Melinda C Freyaldenhoven1, Anna K Nabelek, Joanna W Tampas

  • 1Department Speech, Louisiana Tech University, P.O. Box 3165, Ruston, LA 71272, USA. melinda@latech.edu

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research : JSLHR
|January 31, 2008
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