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Original Article

Pure-Tone Thresholds, Speech Understanding, and Their Correlates in Samples of Men of Different Ages1

Pertti Era Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, and Research Unit for Sport and Physical Fitness, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Jukka Jokela Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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YrjÖ Qvarnberg Department of Otolaryngology, Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Eino Heikkinen Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
Pages 338-352 | Received 07 Apr 1986, Accepted 03 Jul 1986, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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