The Pathway For The Transmission Of External Sounds Into The Fetal Inner Ear

Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 91-100

  Sohmer, Haim ^a   Freeman, Sharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

amniotic fluid; attenuation; bone conduction; fetus; hypoxia; sensorineural

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BONE CONDUCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; FETUS; HYPOXIA; INNER EAR; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; REVIEW; SOUND PRESSURE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; VIBRATION;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; EAR, INNER; ENDOLYMPH; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; OXYGEN; SOUND;

EID: 0034787658     PISSN: 07926855     EISSN: 21910286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JBCPP.2001.12.2.91     Document Type: Article

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