Linearity of sound transmission through the human skull in vivo

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 4 I, 1996, Pages 2239-2243

  Håkansson, Bo ^a   Carlsson, Peder ^a   Brandt, Anders ^a   Stenfelt, Stefan ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEARING AID; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NOISE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

BONE CONDUCTION; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKULL; SOUND; TITANIUM;

EID: 0029947622     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.415411     Document Type: Article

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