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Air pressure changes in the external auditory meatus

(The influence on pure tone bone conduction thresholds)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Michael Nolan ,
David J. Lyon  and
Catherine L. L. Mok
Michael Nolan*
Affiliation:
Manchester
David J. Lyon
Affiliation:
Manchester
Catherine L. L. Mok
Affiliation:
Manchester
*
Michael Nolan, Department of Audiology, and Education of the Deaf, University of Manchester, M13 9PL.
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 99 , Issue 4 , April 1985 , pp. 315 - 326
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1985

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