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Mean baseline pure-tone thresholds by audiometric frequency. Mean thresholds in dB SPL are given for all ears at baseline (gray solid line), ears that eventually experienced subsequent hearing changes (black dashed line, open circles), and ears with no hearing changes (black solid line, filled circles).
