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Smith, D.W., Kirk, E.C., Buss, E. (2005). The function(s) of the medial olivocochlear efferent system in hearing. In: Pressnitzer, D., de Cheveigné, A., McAdams, S., Collet, L. (eds) Auditory Signal Processing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27045-0_10
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