Preliminary assessment of remote photoelectric excitation of an actuator for a hearing implant

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 6233-6234

  Wang, Zhigang ^a,b   Abel, Eric ^a,b   Mills, Robert ^c  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADAVERIC TEMPORAL BONE; REMOTE POWERING; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL (SPL);

ACTUATORS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); LASER APPLICATIONS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTOELECTRICITY;

HEARING AIDS;

EID: 33846905081     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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