Mechanical modeling and dynamical behavior of the human middle ear

Audiology and Neuro-Otology

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 170-177

  Eiber, Albrecht ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Impulse noise; Mechanical models; Middle ear dynamics; Transient behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; DYNAMICS; EAR INJURY; EARDRUM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAZARD; HUMAN; INNER EAR; MIDDLE EAR; MOTION; NOISE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND PRESSURE; STEADY STATE; TIME; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

AIR BAGS; BLAST INJURIES; EAR, MIDDLE; EXPLOSIONS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NOISE; STAPES;

EID: 0033064598     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000013837     Document Type: Article

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