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Research Article

Do long-term tongue piercings affect speech quality?

Esther HeinenDepartment of Phoniatrics, Pedaudiology and Communication Disorders, University Hospital and Medical Faculty of the RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany;
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Peter BirkholzInstitute of Acoustics and Speech Communication, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany;
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Klaus WillmesDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty of the RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Christiane Neuschaefer-RubeDepartment of Phoniatrics, Pedaudiology and Communication Disorders, University Hospital and Medical Faculty of the RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany; Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 126-132 | Received 05 Apr 2016, Accepted 14 Sep 2016, Published online: 18 Oct 2016

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