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Original Article

A Comparison of Hearing Aids with Amplitude Compression

Igor V. Nábělek The University of Tennessee, Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, Knoxville, Tenn
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Larry N. Robinette The University of Tennessee, Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, Knoxville, Tenn
Pages 73-85 | Published online: 08 Jun 2010

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