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Original Article

Effect of Tympanic Muscle Activity on Movement of the Eardrum, Acoustic Impedance and Cochlear Microphonics

Aage R. Møller Department of Physiology II, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 60, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 525-534 | Received 26 May 1964, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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