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Epidemiology of Tinnitus in Children

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Abbreviations

OR:

OR

TTS:

Temporary threshold shift

HL:

Hearing Level

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Coelho, C.B. (2011). Epidemiology of Tinnitus in Children. In: Møller, A.R., Langguth, B., De Ridder, D., Kleinjung, T. (eds) Textbook of Tinnitus. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-145-5_6

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