Measuring and Modeling Basic Properties of the Human Middle Ear and Ear Canal. Part I: Model Structure and Measuring Techniques

Acustica

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 720-738

  Hudde, H ^a   Engel, A ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b St Elisabeth Hospital Bochum   (Germany)

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