Received Jul 18, 2007; Accepted Dec 7, 2007 Correspondence to: T. Nakao, Department of Health Policy and Management, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, 1–1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan (e-mail: [email protected]) Earplug-Type Earphone with Built-in Microphone Improves Monosyl lable Intelligibil...

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