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A Swedish version of the Hearing In Noise Test (HINT) for measurement of speech recognition

Una versión sueca de la Prueba de Audición en Ruido (HINT) para evaluar el reconocimiento del lenguaje

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Pages 227-237 | Published online: 26 Aug 2009

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