The Occlusion Effect and Ear Canal Sound Pressure Level

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 50-54

  Fagelson, Marc A ^a,c   Martin, Frederick N ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c ETSU   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone conduction; Occlusion effect; Oscillator placement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007624097     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(1998/010)     Document Type: Article

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