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Original Article

Cochlear Tuning in the Gerbil: A Comparison of Responses to Sinusoidal Amplitude Modulation and Difference Tone Stimuli

Pages 262-277 | Received 07 May 1997, Accepted 26 Jan 1998, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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