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Original Article

Development and evaluation of the Mandarin speech signal content on the acceptable noise level test in listeners with normal hearing in mainland China

Jianyong Chen *Cinical Audiology Center, Beijing Tong Ren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Hua Zhang *Cinical Audiology Center, Beijing Tong Ren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Patrick N. Plyler **Department of Audiology & Speech Pathology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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Wen Cao Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, China
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Jing Chen *Cinical Audiology Center, Beijing Tong Ren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Pages 354-360 | Received 29 Sep 2010, Accepted 10 Jan 2011, Published online: 23 May 2011

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