Taking the pressure off bone conduction hearing aid users

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-118

  Raicevich, George ^a   Burwood, Eric ^a   Dillon, Harvey ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

B71; BC461; Bone conduction hearing aid; Bone vibrator; Capillary closure pressure; Contact pressure; Critical closure pressure; Mastoid

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349196772     PISSN: 01571532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/audi.30.2.113     Document Type: Article

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