Mechanisms of hearing loss resulting from middle-ear fluid

Hearing Research

Volumn 195, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 103-130

  Ravicz, Michael E ^a,b   Rosowski, John J ^a,b,c,d   Merchant, Saumil N ^a,c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductive hearing loss; Effusion; ME, middle ear; Middle ear; OME, otitis media with effusion; Otitis media; TM, tympanic membrane; Umbo velocity; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

SILICONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BODY FLUID; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM; FLOW RATE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER; MASS; MIDDLE EAR; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SOUND; SPACE; TEMPORAL BONE; VISCOSITY;

AGED; AIR; BODY FLUIDS; CADAVER; EAR CANAL; EAR, MIDDLE; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RHEOLOGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOUND; TEMPORAL BONE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; VIBRATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 4444328701     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2004.05.010     Document Type: Article

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