Effects of negative middle ear pressure on distortion product otoacoustic emissions and application of a compensation procedure in humans

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-202

  Sun, Xiao Ming ^a   Shaver, Mark D ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TYMPANOMETRY; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY TUBE; HEARING; MIDDLE EAR; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; SUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; EAR CANAL; EAR, MIDDLE; EUSTACHIAN TUBE; HUMANS; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PRESSURE; SUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049119163     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31819769e1     Document Type: Article

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