Outer- and middle-ear contributions to presbycusis in the Brown Norway rat

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-52

  Gratton, Michael Anne ^a,b   Bateman, Kristin ^a   Cannuscio, Joseph F ^a   Saunders, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b 5 Ravdin ORL ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Auditory brainstem response; Conductive loss; Hearing; Laser interferometry; Tympanic membrane; Umbo velocity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BROWN NORWAY RAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING LOSS; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGING; ANIMALS; EAR CANAL; EAR OSSICLES; EAR, EXTERNAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESBYCUSIS; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 37249033599     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107551     Document Type: Article

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