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Vol 7 No 1 (1976)
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Loudness perceived by normal and abnormal ears as measured by stapedial reflex threshold

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R, R. (1). Loudness perceived by normal and abnormal ears as measured by stapedial reflex threshold. Journal of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, 7(1), 81-88. Retrieved from http://203.129.241.91/jaiish/index.php/aiish/article/view/486

Abstract

Stapedial Reflex threshold has gained wide currency in the measurement of loudness experience. (Ewertsenef al, 1967; Flottorp, Djupesland and Wither, 1971 : Moller, 1961; Thomsen, 1955) of an acoustic stimulus

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