UGent Academic License: Terms and conditions for use and reproduction

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5. Publications
The originators of the Work shall be acknowledge in all written publications by referring to the following publication: "A DNN-based hearing-aid strategy for real-time processing: One size fits all" by Fotios Drakopoulos, Arthur Van Den Broucke, Sarah Verhulst

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