Clinical utility of laser-Doppler vibrometer measurements in live normal and pathologic human ears

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-19

  Rosowski, John J ^a,b,c   Nakajima, Hideko H ^a,b   Merchant, Saumil N ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EAR DISEASE; EARDRUM; HUMAN; INNER EAR; LASER DOPPLER VIBROMETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MALLEUS; MIDDLE AGED; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; VIBRATION;

EID: 37649023530     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31815d63a5     Document Type: Article

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