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Type Description Contributor Date
Rearranged media. Aug 11, 2021
Added video. Feb 12, 2015
Add new Web site: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association - The Inner Ear. Mar 30, 2014
Add new Web site: Emedicine - Inner Ear. Feb 11, 2011
Added new Web site: Tulane University - Inner Ear. Jan 16, 2007
Article revised. May 04, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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