Are modern voice prostheses better? A lifetime comparison of 749 voice prostheses
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عنوان ژورنال: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0937-4477,1434-4726
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-013-2611-0