Fetal sheep in utero hear through bone conduction

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 374-379

  Gerhardt, Kenneth J ^a   Huang, Xinyan ^a   Arrington, Kay E ^a   Meixner, Kathy ^a   Abrams, Robert M ^a   Antonelli, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BONE CONDUCTION; COCHLEA FENESTRA; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL EAR; FETUS; HEARING; INNER EAR; MIDDLE EAR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029829490     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0709(96)90069-1     Document Type: Article

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