New speech tests reveal benefit of widedynamic-range, fast-acting compression for consonant discrimination in children with moderate-to-profound hearing loss: Una nueva prueba con lenguaje demuestra beneficios al utilizar compresión de ejecución rápida y de rango dinámico amplio, rango dinámico amplio, compresión de ejecución rápida para la discriminación de consonantes en niños con hipoacusia moderada a profunda

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