Modeling of sound transmission from ear canal to cochlea

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2180-2195

  Gan, Rong Z ^a   Reeves, Brian P ^a   Wang, Xuelin ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Finite element model; Middle ear; Sound transmission

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CORRELATION METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

BASILAR MEMBRANE; EAR CANAL; SOUND PRESSURE; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COCHLEA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEARING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; SOUND; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EAR CANAL; HEARING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SOUND; VIBRATION;

EID: 36448942932     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-007-9366-y     Document Type: Article

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