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Interpreting the Tinnitus Questionnaire (German version): what individual differences are clinically important?

Deborah A. HallNational Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham, UK, ;Otology and Hearing Group, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK and Correspondence[email protected]
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Rajnikant L. MehtaNational Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham, UK, ;Otology and Hearing Group, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK and View further author information
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Heike ArgstatterDeutsches Zentrum für Musiktherapieforschung (Viktor Dulger Institut) DZM e.V, Heidelberg, GermanyView further author information
Pages 553-557 | Received 23 Jun 2017, Accepted 14 Feb 2018, Published online: 28 Feb 2018

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