Bone conduction activation through soft tissues following complete immobilization of the ossicular chain, stapes footplate and round window

Hearing Research

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 82-85

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; AUDITORY OSSICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; COCHLEA FENESTRA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; IMMOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOUND INTENSITY; STAPES; VIBRATION SENSE;

ANIMALS; BONE CONDUCTION; COCHLEA; EAR OSSICLES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; EYE; GERBILLINAE; IMMOBILIZATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; ROUND WINDOW, EAR; STAPES; VIBRATION;

EID: 80052711960     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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