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The British medical profession and the first audiometers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

S. D. G. Stephens
S. D. G. Stephens*
Affiliation:
London
*
Department of Auditory Rehabilitation, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8DA, England.
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 95 , Issue 12 , December 1981 , pp. 1223 - 1235
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1981

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