Effects of maturation on tympanometric wideband acoustic transfer functions in human infants

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2106-2122

  Sanford, Chris A ^a,b   Feeney, M Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTICS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FUNCTIONS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

ACOUSTIC TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; AGE-RELATED; ANATOMICAL CHANGES; DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES; DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FREQUENCY RANGING; FUNCTION OF FREQUENCY; HUMAN INFANTS; MIDDLE EARS; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; WIDE BANDS; YOUNG ADULTS;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ACOUSTICS; AUDITORY CANAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EAR CANAL; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PRESSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53949089636     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2967864     Document Type: Conference Paper

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