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AUDIOLOGY

Mandarin lexical tone recognition in sensorineural hearing-impaired listeners and cochlear implant users

Shuo WangBeijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (Capital Medical University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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Bo LiuBeijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (Capital Medical University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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Hua ZhangBeijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (Capital Medical University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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Ruijuan DongBeijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (Capital Medical University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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Robert MannellDepartment of Linguistics, Macquarie University, Sydney;The HEARing Cooperative Research Centre
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Philip NewallDepartment of Linguistics, Macquarie University, Sydney;Renwick Centre, Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children/University of Newcastle, Australia
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Xueqing ChenBeijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (Capital Medical University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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Beier QiBeijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (Capital Medical University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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Luo ZhangBeijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (Capital Medical University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Demin HanBeijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (Capital Medical University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 47-54 | Received 09 May 2012, Accepted 14 Jun 2012, Published online: 15 Dec 2012

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