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AUDIOLOGY

Exploring the clinical approach to the bimodal fitting of hearing aids and cochlear implants: results of an international survey

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Pages 1151-1157 | Received 25 Jan 2014, Accepted 25 Mar 2014, Published online: 15 Oct 2014

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