Sound fields in generally shaped curved ear canals

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 3146-3157

  Hudde, H ^a   Schmidt, S ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE REGIONS; COUPLING REGIONS; EAR CANALS; FINITE ELEMENTS; IN-BETWEEN; ISO-SURFACES; MINIMUM ENERGIES; SOUND FIELDS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANES;

ACOUSTIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; CANALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; EARDRUM; ENERGY; EXTERNAL EAR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

ALGORITHMS; EAR AURICLE; EAR CANAL; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SOUND; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 65549102962     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3097446     Document Type: Article

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