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Psychoacoustical tuning curves in audiology

Eberhard Zwicker Institute of Electroacoustics, Technical University of München, and Hospital of Otorhinolaryngology, University of München, München; Institut für Elektroakustik der Technischen Universität München, Arcisstrasse 21, 8, München 2, (FRG)
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Karin Schorn Institute of Electroacoustics, Technical University of München, and Hospital of Otorhinolaryngology, University of München, München
Pages 120-140 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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