The middle ear of a lion: Comparison of structure and function to domestic cat

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1532-1549

  Huang, Gregory T ^b   Rosowski, John J ^b   Flandermeyer, Deborah T ^b   Lynch III, Thomas J ^a   Peake, William T ^b  

^a BBN TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CAT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM; LION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE EAR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND PRESSURE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL BONE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATS; EAR, MIDDLE; LIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031048705     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.418107     Document Type: Article

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