The effects of positive and negative middle ear pressures on auditory threshold

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 734-738

  Petrova, Petia ^a   Freeman, Sharon ^b   Sohmer, Haim ^b,c  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

ABR; Air; Fluid; Middle ear; Negative; Positive; Pressure; Threshold

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; GUINEA PIG; MANOMETER; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AIR PRESSURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EAR, MIDDLE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; GUINEA PIGS; PRESSURE;

EID: 33746803330     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mao.0000226296.28704.de     Document Type: Article

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