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Reproducibility studies (repeated measurements between different testing sessions) of the\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IR<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      e\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ST<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      and\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MN<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      read of commercially available reading tests in different languages were missing. 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