Effect of cochlear window fixation on air- and bone-conduction thresholds

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1679-1684

  Nageris, Ben I ^a,b   Attias, Joseph ^c,d   Shemesh, Rafi ^d   Hod, Roy ^a,b   Preis, Michal ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air bone gap; Animal; Auditory thresholds; Oval window; Round window; Third window

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; COCHLEA; COCHLEA FENESTRA; EAR SURGERY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; GERBIL; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE EAR; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPES; STAPES SURGERY; VESTIBULE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; COCHLEA; EAR, MIDDLE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; GERBILLINAE; OVAL WINDOW, EAR; ROUND WINDOW, EAR; STAPES; STAPES MOBILIZATION; STAPES SURGERY;

EID: 84870332544     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31826dbabb     Document Type: Article

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