Understanding tinnitus: A psychological perspective

Scott-Brown's Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery: Paediatrics, The Ear, and Skull Base Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2018, Pages 893-900

  McKenna, Laurence ^a   Marks, Elizabeth ^a   Scott, David J ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL THROAT NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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