Radio frequency hearing: Electrostrictive detection and bone conduction

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2111-2116

  Bennett Jr , Wm R ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTICS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BONE; ELECTROSTRICTION; HEARING AIDS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MICROWAVES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

BONE CONDUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY HEARING; RECTIFICATION;

AUDITION;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BONE CONDUCTION; HEARING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SOUND DETECTION;

BONE CONDUCTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEARING; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIO;

EID: 2642598067     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.423111     Document Type: Article

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