Sound-power collection by the auditory periphery of the mongolian gerbil Meriones unguiculatus. II. External-ear radiation impedance and power collection

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 3044-3063

  Ravicz, Michael E ^a,b   Rosowski, John J ^a,c   Voigt, Herbert F ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; EARDRUM; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; GERBIL; HEARING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SOUND PRESSURE;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CATS; EAR, EXTERNAL; EAR, MIDDLE; GERBILLINAE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKULL; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0029869402     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.414793     Document Type: Article

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