Combined effect of fluid and pressure on middle ear function

Hearing Research

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 22-32

  Dai, Chenkai ^a   Wood, Mark W ^b   Gan, Rong Z ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b HOUGH EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser vibrometer; Middle ear mechanics; Otitis media; Temporal bone; Tympanometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EARDRUM; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; TEMPORAL BONE; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PRESSURE; TEMPORAL BONE; VIBRATION;

EID: 38649121465     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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