Tympanometry accurately measures middle ear underpressures in monkeys

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 877-884

  Alper, Cuneyt M ^a,b   Banks, Juliane M ^a   Philp, Katherine D ^a   Doyle, William J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Bias; Middle ear pressure; Monkey; Tympanometry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; EARDRUM; EVALUATION; MASTOID; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL PROBE; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TYMPANOMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0141987896     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940311201009     Document Type: Article

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