Instrumentation for studies of cochlear mechanics: From von Békésy forward

Hearing Research

Volumn 293, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 3-11

  Nuttall, Alfred L ^a   Fridberger, Anders ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEA; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; INNER EAR; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUND DETECTION; STROBOSCOPY; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDIOLOGY; BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEA; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN OF CORTI; STROBOSCOPY; VIBRATION;

EID: 84867099600     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2012.08.009     Document Type: Review

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