Human studies of a piezoelectric transducer and a microphone for a totally implantable electronic hearing device

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 196-204

  Zenner, Hans P ^c   Leysieffer, Hans ^a   Maassen, Marcus ^d   Lehner, Rolf ^d   Lenarz, Thomas ^d   Baumann, Joachim ^a   Keiner, Sabine ^d   Plinkert, Peter K ^d   McElveen Jr , John T ^b  

^a Implex AG Hearing Technology   (Germany)

^b Carolina Ear and Hearing Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cochlea amplifier implant; Cochlear amplifier; Hearing loss; Implant; Implantable hearing device; Implantable microphone; Lmplantable transducer; Piezoelectric transducer; Sensorineural hearing loss; TICA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MICROPHONE; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0034052435     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0709(00)80009-5     Document Type: Article

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