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Better-ear pure-tone thresholds from 500 Hz to 4000 Hz for the three participant group. Hearing profiles for individual listeners within each participant group are shown in color, with the group average drawn in black. The shaded area in each of the panels indicates thresholds less than 25 dB HL (the range considered clinically normal for speech; Katz, 2002).
