Auditory training improves neural timing in the human brainstem

@article{Russo2005AuditoryTI,
  title={Auditory training improves neural timing in the human brainstem},
  author={Nicole M. Russo and Trent G. Nicol and Steven G. Zecker and Erin Hayes and Nina Kraus},
  journal={Behavioural Brain Research},
  year={2005},
  volume={156},
  pages={95-103}
}
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