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Case Report

Dry needling as a novel intervention for cervicogenic somatosensory tinnitus: a case study

, PT, FAAOMPT, , DPT, PhD, MSc & , DPT, PhD, MSc, FAAOMPT
Pages 1319-1327 | Received 01 Sep 2019, Accepted 17 Aug 2020, Published online: 01 Oct 2020

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