Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 12 , Pages 937-942 , December 2009

Hearing in Noise Test in Subjects With Conductive Hearing Loss

  • Duen-Lii Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yun-Lin Branch, Yun-Lin, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kai-Nan Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jung-Hung Ho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, National Taipei College of Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tien-Chen Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Tien-Chen Liu, Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan

Received 7 April 2009 ,Revised 24 April 2009 ,Accepted 28 April 2009.

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PII: S0929-6646(10)60006-X

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(10)60006-X

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 12 , Pages 937-942 , December 2009

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