The piezoelectric cochlear implant: Concept, feasibility, challenges, and issues

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-187

  Mukherjee, Niloy ^a   Roseman, Rodney Dean ^a,c   Willging, Jay Paul ^b  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Feasibility; Piezoelectric

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; INNER EAR; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; GUINEA PIGS; HEARING; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 0034108412     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(2000)53:2<181::AID-JBM8>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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