A comprehensive model of human ear for analysis of implantable hearing devices

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 10 PART 2, 2011, Pages 3024-3027

  Zhang, Xiangming ^a   Gan, Rong Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; ear; finite element (FE) model; middle ear implant

Indexed keywords

BASILAR MEMBRANES; COCHLEAR FUNCTION; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; EAR; EAR CANAL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FE MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FLUID COUPLINGS; HEARING DEVICES; HISTOLOGICAL SECTION; HUMAN CADAVER; HUMAN EAR; MECHANICAL DRIVING; MIDDLE EAR IMPLANTS; MIDDLE EARS; MULTI-PHYSICS ANALYSIS; ON DYNAMICS; PASSIVE VIBRATION; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TEMPORAL BONE; VISCO-ELASTIC MATERIAL;

ACOUSTICS; AUDITION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; HISTOLOGY; TISSUE; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; EAR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAR; MIDDLE EAR IMPLANT; SCALA TYMPANI; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

BIOMECHANICS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; EAR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80053155557     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2159714     Document Type: Article

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