Transcranial attenuation of bone-conducted sound when stimulation is at the mastoid and at the bone conduction hearing aid position

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-114

  Stenfelt, Stefan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bone conducted hearing aids; Bone conduction; Transcranial attenuation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SKULL; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SKULL; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856005174     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31823e28ab     Document Type: Article

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