Comment on "When an air-bone gap is not a sign of a middle-ear conductive loss" by Sohmer et al.

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-150

  Rosowski, John J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTICS; BONE CONDUCTION; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; HEARING; LETTER;

EID: 68949219553     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e318192769f     Document Type: Letter

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