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Presbycusis

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Fluency Disorder

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Language Disorders

Aphasia

Landau-Kleffner Syndrome

Vocal Cord Disorders

Other Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders

Bell's Palsy

Deviated Septum

Sinusitis

Tonsillitis

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Otitis Media (Middle-Ear Infection) in Adults

Otitis Externa (Swimmer's Ear)

Ears and Airplane Travel, Ear Wax, and Ear Cleaning

Head and Neck Cancer

Laryngeal Cancer (Cancer of the Larynx)

Hearing and Speech Communication Services and Devices

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