Comparisons of electromagnetic and piezoelectric floating-mass transducers in human cadaveric temporal bones

Hearing Research

Volumn 272, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 187-192

  Park, Il Yong ^a   Shimizu, Yoshitaka ^d,e   O'Connor, Kevin N ^c,d,e   Puria, Sunil ^c,d,e   Cho, Jin Ho ^b  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

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

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FLOATING MASS TRANSDUCER; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING AID; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MIDDLE EAR IMPLANT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PIEZOELECTRIC FLOATING MASS TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND PRESSURE; STAPES; TEMPORAL BONE; TRANSDUCER; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; CADAVER; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; PRESSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STAPES; TEMPORAL BONE; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; VIBRATION;

EID: 79751529853     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.10.017     Document Type: Article

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