Sound-pressure measurements in the cochlear vestibule of human-cadaver ears

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 5 I, 1997, Pages 2754-2770

  Puria, Sunil ^a   Peake, William T ^a   Rosowski, John J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHLEA; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND PRESSURE; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; EAR OSSICLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; TEMPORAL BONE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0031020979     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.418563     Document Type: Article

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