Tinnitus: Diagnosis and treatment options

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Roya Vahdatinia
James Keane
Victoria Troncoso
Leonard B Goldstein

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Vahdatinia, R., Keane, J., Troncoso, V., & Goldstein, L. B. (2017). Tinnitus: Diagnosis and treatment options. Heighpubs Otolaryngology and Rhinology, 1(1), 053–059. https://doi.org/10.29328/journal.hor.1001010
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