A totally implantable hearing system - Design and function characterization in 3D computational model and temporal bones

Hearing Research

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 138-144

  Gan, Rong Z ^a   Dai, Chenkai ^a   Wang, Xuelin ^a   Nakmali, Don ^a,b   Wood, Mark W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b HOUGH EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Finite element model; Implantable device; Middle ear

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MIDDLE EAR IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL BONE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; CADAVER; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSSICULAR PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TEMPORAL BONE; TRANSDUCERS; VIBRATION;

EID: 77952581341     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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