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Original Article

Clinical Pure-Tone versus Three-Interval Forced-Choice Thresholds: Effects of Hearing Level and Age

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Pages 31-44 | Received 09 Apr 1991, Accepted 11 Jul 1991, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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