Accuracy of tympanometric middle ear pressure determination: The role of direction and rate of pressure change with a fast, modern tympanometer

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 252-256

  Therkildsen, Anette G ^a   Gaihede, Michael ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Hysteresis; Middle ear pressure; Phase delay; Rate of pressure change; Tympanometry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYSTERESIS; INSTRUMENT; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADULT; AIR PRESSURE; EAR, MIDDLE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 15744400883     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200503000-00021     Document Type: Article

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