Anatomical vibrations that implantable microphones must overcome

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 579-588

  Jenkins, Herman A ^a   Pergola, Nicholas ^b   Kasic, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Otologics LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Implantable microphone; Laser Doppler vibrometer; Microphone; Tissue vibration; Transducer; Vibration amplitude

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EXTERNAL EAR; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER VIBROMETER; MASTICATION; MASTOID; MICROPHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SOUND DETECTION; TRANSDUCER; VIBRATION; VOCALIZATION;

AMPLIFIERS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; EAR, INNER; HUMANS; MASTOID; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TRANSDUCERS; VIBRATION;

EID: 34547748317     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mao.0000271700.52982.d8     Document Type: Article

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