Predicting mechanical damage to the organ of Corti

Hearing Research

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 5-13

  Price, G Richard ^a  

^a AHAnalysis   (United States)

Author keywords

AHAAH; Auditory damage; Auditory hazard; Hazard model; Impulse noise; Pharmacological intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CORTI ORGAN; DISEASE MODEL; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEARING LOSS; INTERVENTION STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; COCHLEA; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ORGAN OF CORTI; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33947305629     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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