get value from telerik combobox clientside - telerik

I have added a rad combobox to a page and need to be able to get the selected value from it. I can see below the html element a hidden field called 'mycontrol_ClientState' I take it this is where I am meant to retrieve the value from however I dont know how to.
Does anyone have an example of getting the value out clientside?

Use the get_value() JavaScript method:
var combobox = $find("<%= RadComboBox1.ClientID %>");
var value = combobox.get_value();

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