The statistical distribution of normal hearing thresholds for low-frequency tones

Journal of Low Frequency Noise Vibration and Active Control

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-104

  Kurakata, Kenji ^a   Mizunami, Tazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

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EID: 52649176392     PISSN: 14613484     EISSN: 20484046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/026309208785844149     Document Type: Article

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