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Distribution of pure tone average hearing loss in the better hearing ear based on thresholds for 500, 1000 and 2000 Hz for all participants (N=64, light bars) and final participants (N=44 dark bars). Range of hearing loss for both groups is 25 to 108.33 dB HL. The areas of light bars that are revealed represent those participants that were eliminated.
