Clinically important change in tinnitus sensation after stapedotomy

Henryk Skarżyński1, Elżbieta Gos2, Beata Dziendziel1

  • 1World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Mokra 17 Street, 05-830, Kajetany, Poland.

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