Semicircular canal fenestration - Improvement of bone- but not air-conducted auditory thresholds

Hearing Research

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 105-110

  Sohmer, Haim ^a   Freeman, Sharon ^a   Perez, Ronen ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air conduction; Bone conduction; Fenestration; Hair cell; Pressure; Threshold; Traveling wave

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BASILAR MEMBRANE; BONE CONDUCTION; BRAIN STEM; CELL MOTILITY; COCHLEA AQUEDUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FENESTRATION; HAIR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSAMMOMYS OBESUS; RAT; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0347123642     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(03)00335-6     Document Type: Article

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