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Original Article

Wideband acoustic immittance in children with Down syndrome: prediction of middle-ear dysfunction, conductive hearing loss and patent PE tubes

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Pages 622-634 | Received 02 Jun 2016, Accepted 24 Mar 2017, Published online: 22 Apr 2017

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