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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: ABC listen - Life Matters - Headphones and hearing. Jan 28, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Life Matters - Headphones and hearing. Jun 02, 2025
Add new Web site: InnerBody - Ear and Hearing. Feb 07, 2014
Add new Web site: OpenLearn - Lab Space - Hearing. Sep 06, 2012
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Health - How Hearing Works. Jul 31, 2008
Added new Web site: Animations of Processes Within the Ear. Jun 16, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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