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Separated thresholds as a function of pure-tone average (PTA) for the frequencies 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz. The lines and symbols are defined as in Figure 2, and the normative function is calculated with a fixed age of 50 years. TMR = target-to-masker ratio.
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