Numerical modeling of human ear for sound transmission

Lixue Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-113

  Liu, Yingxi ^a   Li, Sheng ^a   Sun, Xiuzhen ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acoustic structural coupled analysis; Ear mechanics; Finite element modeling; Ossicular chain; Sound pressure gain

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGAMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICS;

ACOUSTIC STRUCTURAL COUPLED ANALYSIS; COCHLEAR FLUID; EAR MECHANICS; EXTERNAL EAR CANAL; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; HEALTHY VOLUNTEER; HUMAN EAR; INNER EAR FLUID; MIDDLE EAR SUSPENSORY LIGAMENTS; MUSCLES; OSSICULAR BONES; OSSICULAR CHAIN; SOUND PRESSURE GAIN; SOUND TRANSMISSION; STAPES FOOTPLATE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

ACOUSTICS;

EID: 39749122170     PISSN: 04591879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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