Anatomical study of the human middle ear for the design of implantable hearing aids

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 375-380

  Stieger, Christof ^a   Djeric, Dragoslava ^b   Kompis, Martin ^a   Remonda, Luca ^c   Häusler, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Implantable hearing aids; Middle ear; Transducers

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEARING AID; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASTOID; MICROPHONE; MIDDLE EAR; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 33749240766     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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