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Editorial

How does hearing loss affect the brain?

    Arthur Wingfield

    * Author for correspondence

    Volen National Center for Complex Systems, MS 013, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, USA.

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    Email the corresponding author at wingfield@brandeis.edu

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    Jonathan E Peelle

    Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

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    Published Online:17 Apr 2012https://doi.org/10.2217/ahe.12.5
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