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Original Article

Epidemiological Evaluation of Hearing Damage Related to Strongly Amplified Music (Personal Cassette Players, Discotheques, Rock Concerts) -High-definition Audiometric Survey on 1364 Subjects

Pages 121-142 | Received 01 Feb 1995, Accepted 13 Dec 1995, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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