Lumped parametric model of the human ear for sound transmission

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-47

  Feng, Bin ^a   Gan, Kong Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BONE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFEROMETERS; MEMBRANES; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

FINITE ELEMENT (FE) MODEL; HUMAN EAR; LUMPED PARAMETRIC MODEL; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE EAR; MIDDLE EAR RECONSTRUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; EAR, MIDDLE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSSICULAR REPLACEMENT; SOUND;

EID: 13944266739     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-004-0044-9     Document Type: Article

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