Quantitative In Vivo Measurements of Inner Ear Tissue Resistivities: I. In Vitro Characterization

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1993, Pages 1032-1047

  Suesserman, Michael F ^a   Spelman, Francis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PROSTHETICS; TISSUE;

COCHLEAR TISSUE; ELECTRODE SEPARATION; IN VIVO MEASUREMENTS; INNER EAR TISSUE; REFLECTION COEFFICIENT;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; INNER EAR;

EID: 0027675492     PISSN: 0018-9294     EISSN: 1558-2531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.247802     Document Type: Article

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