Methods for estimating the sound pressure at the eardrum

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 106, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 1977-1992

  Hudde, H ^a   Engel, A ^b   Lodwig, A ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b St Elisabeth Hospital Bochum   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY CANAL; EARDRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND PRESSURE;

HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; SOUND; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0032845231     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.427945     Document Type: Article

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