Sources of variability in reflectance measurements on normal cadaver ears

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 651-665

  Voss, Susan E ^a   Horton, Nicholas J ^a   Woodbury, Rebecca R ^a   Sheffield, Kathryn N ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLECTANCE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; HUMAN; MASTOID; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; REFLECTOMETRY; VARIANCE; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAR; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EAR CANAL; EAR, MIDDLE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 54049132523     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e318174f07c     Document Type: Article

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