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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Modification of the Threshold Equalising Noise (TEN) test for cochlear dead regions for use with steeply sloping high-frequency hearing loss

Modificaciones de la prueba de ruido ecualizante del umbral en regiones cocleares muertas para utilizar en hipoacusia de perfil abruptamente descendente en frecuencias agudas

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Pages 91-98 | Received 11 Jan 2005, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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