Cochlear labyrinth volume and hearing abilities in primates

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 765-776

  Kirk, E Christopher ^a,c   Gosselin Ildari, Ashley D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory epithelium; Basilar membrane; Cochlear size; Inner ear; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; BASILAR MEMBRANE; BODY MASS; COCHLEA; HEARING; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; EAR, INNER; HEARING; PRIMATES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 67651146755     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20907     Document Type: Article

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