Comparison of in-situ calibration methods for quantifying input to the middle ear

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3114-3124

  Lewis, James D ^a   McCreery, Ryan W ^a   Neely, Stephen T ^a   Stelmachowicz, Patricia G ^a  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; CAVITY PRESSURE; EQUIVALENT SOURCE; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HUMAN EAR CANAL; IN-SITU CALIBRATION; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INTEGRATED PRESSURE; MIDDLE EARS; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; PRESSURE LEVEL; REFLECTED PRESSURE; RESIDUAL HEARING; SECOND SOUND; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; SOURCE PRESSURE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANES; WAVE PRESSURE;

AUDITION; CALIBRATION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

AMPLIFICATION;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM; HEARING AID; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE EAR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; SOUND PRESSURE; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CALIBRATION; CHILD; EAR CANAL; EAR, MIDDLE; ELECTRONICS; HEARING; HUMANS; PRESSURE; SOUND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72549112072     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3243310     Document Type: Article

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