A new implantable middle ear hearing device for mixed hearing loss: A feasibility study in human temporal bones

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1104-1109

  Huber, Alexander M ^a   Ball, Geoffrey R ^b   Veraguth, Dorothe ^a   Dillier, Norbert ^a   Bodmer, Daniel ^a   Sequeira, Damien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MED EL GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Implantable hearing aid; Laser Doppler interferometry; Middle ear mechanics; Mixed hearing loss; Ossicular reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEARING AID; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER DOPPLER INTERFEROMETRY; MIDDLE EAR PROSTHESIS; MIXED HEARING LOSS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SOUND PRESSURE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; STANDARD; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEMPORAL BONE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; BONE CONDUCTION; EAR, MIDDLE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, MIXED CONDUCTIVE-SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; TEMPORAL BONE; VIBRATION;

EID: 33845262043     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mao.0000244352.49824.e6     Document Type: Article

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