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Most of the ear is concealed within the head, and its essential sensory and metabolic structures are surrounded by the TEMPORAL or PETROUS bone, the hardest bone of the body; and the hardest bone to break.
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Physiological Acoustics, Neural Coding, and Psychoacoustics
by W Lawrence Gulick, Robert D Frisina, George A Gescheider - Medical - 1989 - 430 pages
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Handbook of Otoacoustic Emissions
by James W Hall - Medical - 1999 - 656 pages
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Physiology of the Ear
by Anthony F Jahn, Joseph Santos-Sacchi, Joseph Santo-Sacchi - Medical - 2001 - 700 pages
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