Evolution of Audiometry: Clinical Testing of a New Tablet Audiometer
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Nicolas N Ellaham, Guy-Vincent Jourdan, Sandra Champagne, Jeff Yeung, and Matthew Bromwich School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, 800 King Edward Av, ON, Canada, K1N6N5 2 Div. of Pediatric Otol. Head & Neck Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, 401 Smyth rd, ON, Canada, K1H8L1 [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
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تاریخ انتشار 2014