Finite element modeling of sound transmission with perforations of tympanic membrane

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 243-253

  Gan, Rong Z ^a   Cheng, Tao ^a,c   Dai, Chenkai ^a,d   Yang, Fan ^a   Wood, Mark W ^b  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b HOUGH EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EAR CANAL; FE ANALYSIS; FE MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; HUMAN EAR; LASER DOPPLER VIBROMETERS; MIDDLE EARS; MULTI-FIELD; SOUND PRESSURES; SOUND TRANSMISSION; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP; TEMPORAL BONE; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENTS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; BONE; LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COCHLEA; EARDRUM; EARDRUM PERFORATION; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE EAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; STAPES; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEMPORAL BONE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSURE; SOUND; TEMPORAL BONE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 68149176506     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3129129     Document Type: Article

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