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Audiology

Influence of maximum power output on speech understanding with bone anchored hearing systems

Tom GawliczekHearing Research Laboratory, ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; ;Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-9480-7133
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Wilhelm WimmerHearing Research Laboratory, ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; ;Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-2074
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Marco CaversaccioHearing Research Laboratory, ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; ;Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-7090-8087
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Martin KompisDepartment of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 225-229 | Received 16 Oct 2019, Accepted 08 Nov 2019, Published online: 11 Dec 2019

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