Polymeric micro-cantilever array for auditory front-end processing

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 114, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 176-182

  Xu, Tao ^a   Bachman, Mark ^a,b   Zeng, Fan Gang ^a,b   Li, Guann Pyng ^a,b  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic sensor; Auditory prostheses; Cantilever array; Cochlear implant; Hearing aid; Mechanical filter; Polymeric cantilever

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; HEARING AIDS; MEMBRANES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POLYMERS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

ACOUSTIC SENSORS; AUDITORY PROSTHESES; CANTILEVER ARRAYS; POLYMERIC CANTILEVERS;

SENSORS;

EID: 4344679115     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2003.11.035     Document Type: Article

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