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On solution techniques for cochlear models: reply to "Comments on 'a method for forward and inverse solutions of a three-dimensional model of the cochlea'" [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 103, 3729 (1998)].

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E de Boer. 1999. On solution techniques for cochlear models: reply to "Comments on 'a method for forward and inverse solutions of a three-dimensional model of the cochlea'" [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 103, 3729 (1998)].. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.426910

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