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Original Article

Development of an auditory situation awareness test battery for advanced hearing protectors and TCAPS: detection subtest of DRILCOM (detection-recognition/identification-localization-communication)

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Pages 22-33 | Received 17 Oct 2016, Accepted 24 Oct 2016, Published online: 01 Dec 2016

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