A novel opto-electromagnetic actuator coupled to the tympanic membrane

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 3515-3518

  Lee, Chia Fone ^a,b,c   Shih, Chih Hua ^a   Yu, Jen Fang ^d   Chen, Jyh Horng ^a   Chou, Yuan Fang ^a   Liu, Tien Chen ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Actuator; Hearing aids; Opto electromagnetic

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ELECTROMAGNETISM; HEARING AIDS; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETS; MEMBRANES; PHOTODIODES; TRANSDUCERS;

ALUMINUM RINGS; EAR CANALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC VIBRATIONS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; INPUT SIGNALS; LASER DOPPLER VIBROMETER; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LEDS; LIGHT SIGNALS; OPTO-ELECTROMAGNETIC; TYMPANIC MEMBRANES;

ACTUATORS;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; DEVICE; EARDRUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEARING AID; LIGHT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TRANSDUCER; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; OPTICAL DEVICES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TRANSDUCERS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; VIBRATION;

EID: 56549087209     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.09.015     Document Type: Article

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