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Self Hearing

JUN 01, 1949

DOI: 10.1063/1.3066532

Georg V. Békésy

For maximally useful hearing it is important that bone‐conducted sounds—our own vocalizations and noises produced by chewing, swallowing, etc.—be minimized, while at the same time the ear remain maximally sensitive to airborne sounds.

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Volume 2, Number 6

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