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Research Article

The effect of voice quality and competing speakers in a passage comprehension task: performance in relation to cognitive functioning in children with normal hearing

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Pages 11-19 | Received 11 Apr 2016, Accepted 19 Feb 2017, Published online: 13 Mar 2017

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