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Reaction-time data support the existence of Softness Imperception in cochlear hearing loss

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Florentine, M., Buus, S., Rosenberg, M. (2005). Reaction-time data support the existence of Softness Imperception in cochlear hearing loss. 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_5

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