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- ↑ Smith, Tim, "Choral Arts adds 'Voices of Light' to silent 'Joan of Arc'," The Baltimore Sun, May 20, 2004
- ↑ Tierney, John (23 October 2011)."A Hearing Aid That Cuts Out All the Clatter". The New York Times . Retrieved 26 March 2019/
