WAYNE'S WORLD - WAYNE STAAB, EDITOR EMERITUS

Wayne Staab, Hearing Health Matters

In January 2018, Wayne Staab, Founding Member and an Editor-In-Chief of HHTM, retired his blog, Wayne's World. However, the content Dr. Staab developed and published over the years in this section remains a rich resource that deserves to be discovered by new readers and referenced by earlier readers. Comment Policy

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PSAP Standard Review

August 1, 2017 1218 views
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Sound Quantification II

April 6, 2014 1101 views
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Sound Quantification

March 30, 2014 877 views
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