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Original Article

Using cluster analysis to classify audiogram shapes

Cheng-Yung Lee *Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
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Juen-Haur Hwang *Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Szu-Jen Hou *Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
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Tien-Chen Liu Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Pages 628-633 | Received 20 Sep 2009, Accepted 22 Mar 2010, Published online: 16 Jun 2010

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