Several mechanical manipulations of the wall of the inner ear do not affect air and bone conduction auditory thresholds

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-70

  Perez, Ronen ^a   Adelman, Cahtia ^b   Sohmer, Haim ^c  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Basilar membrane; Bone conduction; Mechanics; Round window; Threshold; Traveling wave

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEA FENESTRA; COCHLEAR NERVE; EVOKED RESPONSE; INNER EAR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSAMMOMYS OBESUS; RAT; STAPES; VESTIBULE;

EID: 78751686752     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348941112000110     Document Type: Article

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