The effect of methodological differences in the measurement of stapes motion in live and cadaver ears

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 183-197

  Chien, Wade ^a,c   Ravicz, Michael E ^a   Merchant, Saumil N ^a,b   Rosowski, John J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human middle ear; Middle ear function in live ears; Stapes velocity; Temporal bone studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; FACIAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE EAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPES; TEMPORAL BONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAPES;

EID: 33645974549     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091815     Document Type: Article

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