Implantable hearing aid using a piezoelectric ossicular vibrator: A speech audiometric study

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 271-276

  Gyo, Kiyofumi ^a   Saiki, Tadahiko ^a   Yanagihara, Naoaki ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Middle ear implant; Piezoelectric vibrator; Speech discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY OSSICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPACT DISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; VIBRATION; WHITE NOISE;

AGED; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; DEAFNESS; EAR OSSICLES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 0029977963     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00206099609071947     Document Type: Article

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