Nonlinearity in eardrum vibration as a function of frequency and sound pressure

Hearing Research

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 26-32

  Aerts, J R M ^a   Dirckx, J J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Heterodyne vibrometry; Middle ear; Nonlinear distortions

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM VIBRATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GERBIL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND PRESSURE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COCHLEA; GERBILLINAE; HEARING; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PRESSURE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; VIBRATION;

EID: 77952583429     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.12.022     Document Type: Article

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