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Evaluation of the noise reduction system in a commercial digital hearing aid: Evaluación del sistema de reducción de ruido en un auxiliar auditivo digital comercial

José I. Alcántara Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Brian C.J. Moore Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
,
Volker Kühnel Phonak AG Hearing Instruments, Stäfa, Switzerland
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Stefan Launer Phonak AG Hearing Instruments, Stäfa, Switzerland
Pages 34-42 | Received 10 Dec 2001, Accepted 12 Mar 2002, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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