Cochlear third window in the scala vestibuli: An animal model

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 657-660

  Preis, Michal ^a   Attias, Joseph ^b,c   Hadar, Tuvia ^a,d   Nageris, Ben I ^a,d  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Scala vestibuli; Third window

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; COCHLEA THIRD WINDOW; FENESTRATION; INNER EAR DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCALA VESTIBULI;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EAR, INNER; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; GERBILLINAE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; SCALA VESTIBULI; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS;

EID: 68849124135     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181a66d0f     Document Type: Article

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