Design of a new somatosensory stimulus delivery device for measuring laryngeal mechanosensory detection thresholds in humans

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1154-1159

  Hammer, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Detection thresholds; Larynx; Mechanoreceptor; Parkinson x2019; s disease (PD); Sensory

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; DETECTION THRESHOLDS; LARYNX; MECHANORECEPTOR; SENSORY;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HUMAN; LARYNX; MECHANORECEPTOR; NOISE REDUCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; AGED; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNX; MECHANORECEPTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; PARKINSON DISEASE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 67349208009     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.2007968     Document Type: Article

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