The pathway enabling external sounds to reach and excite the fetal inner ear

Audiology and Neuro-Otology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 109-116

  Sohmer, Haim ^a   Perez, Ronen ^b   Sichel, Jean Yves ^c   Priner, Ronit ^a   Freeman, Sharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Bone conduction; Fetus; Gestation; Hearing, in utero

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BONE CONDUCTION; FETUS; HEARING; HUMAN; INNER EAR; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; EAR, INNER; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FETUS; GERBILLINAE; GUINEA PIGS; HEARING; RATS; SOUND;

EID: 0034896061     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000046817     Document Type: Article

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