Acoustomechanical properties of open TTP® titanium middle ear prostheses

Hearing Research

Volumn 192, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 36-46

  Zenner, H P ^a,d   Freitag, H G ^b   Linti, C ^b   Steinhardt, U ^e   Jorge, J Rodriguez ^a   Preyer, S ^a   Mauz, P S ^a   Surth M ^b   Planck, H ^b   Baumann, I ^a   Lehner, R ^c   Eiber, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c Technische Akademie Esslingen   (Germany)

^d HNO Klinik   (Germany)

^e Kurz Medizintechnik Dusslingen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Middle ear model; Passive middle ear prosthesis; Titanium prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; CARBON; GOLD; POLITEF; POLYETHER ETHER KETONE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYMER; POLYSULFONATE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CERAMICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; DATA ANALYSIS; EARDRUM; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MIDDLE EAR PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPES; TEMPORAL BONE;

ACOUSTICS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MATERIALS TESTING; OSSICULAR PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TITANIUM;

EID: 2442584521     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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