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The treatment of tinnitus—a historical perspective*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

S. D. G. Stephens*
Affiliation:
Department of Audiological Rehabilitation Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London.
*
S. D. G. Stephens, Audiology Centre, The Royal National Throat, Nose Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, London, WCX DA.

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Footnotes

*

Paper read at the meeting of the British Tinnitus Association, London, 6th November, 1982.

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