Tympanic-membrane and malleus-incus-complex co-adaptations for high-frequency hearing in mammals

Hearing Research

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 183-190

  Puria, Sunil ^a,b,c   Steele, Charles ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery ^*  (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Co adaptation; High frequency hearing; Malleus incus complex; Micro CT; Middle ear; Moment of inertia; Ossicles; Rotational motion; Tympanic membrane

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; AXIS; CAT; CHINCHILLA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GUINEA PIG; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALLEUS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL BONE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CATS; CHINCHILLA; EVOLUTION; GUINEA PIGS; HEARING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INCUS; MALLEUS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77952675615     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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