Bone conduction thresholds and skull vibration measured on the teeth during stimulation at different sites on the human head

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-22

  Ito, T ^a   Roosli C ^b   Kim, C J ^b   Sim, J H ^b   Huber, A M ^b   Probst, R ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone conduction threshold; Cerebrospinal fluid; Conductive hearing; Head; Human; Skull bone; Stimulation; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SKULL; STIMULATION; TOOTH; VIBRATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKULL; TOOTH; VIBRATION;

EID: 77951947043     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314282     Document Type: Article

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