Finite-element analysis of middle-ear pressure effects on static and dynamic behavior of human ear

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 906-917

  Wang, Xuelin ^a   Cheng, Tao ^a   Gan, Rong Z ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

MIDDLE-EAR PRESSURE; MOONEY-RIVLIN MATERIAL MODEL; SOFT TISSUES; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE (TM);

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; EARDRUM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIDDLE EAR; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TENSOR TYMPANI MUSCLE; VIBRATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

COCHLEA; EAR, EXTERNAL; EAR, MIDDLE; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PRESSURE; SOUND; TEMPORAL BONE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 34547628680     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2749417     Document Type: Article

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