Bone-conducted sound: Physiological and clinical aspects

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1245-1261

  Stenfelt, Stefan ^a,b,c   Goode, Richard L ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone conduction; Conductive hearing loss; Hearing aids; Hearing testing; Occlusion effect; Tuning forks

Indexed keywords

AIR; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETER; AUDITORY OSSICLE; BASILAR MEMBRANE; BONE CONDUCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COCHLEA; COMPRESSION; DYSTOCIA; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FOREHEAD; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MANDIBLE; MASTOID; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE EAR; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SKULL; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPEECH; STIMULATION; VIBRATION;

BASILAR MEMBRANE; BONE CONDUCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COCHLEA; EAR DISEASES; EAR OSSICLES; EAR, MIDDLE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 28144449359     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mao.0000187236.10842.d5     Document Type: Article

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