Investigation of bacterial biofilm in the human middle ear using optical coherence tomography and acoustic measurements

Hearing Research

Volumn 301, Issue , 2013, Pages 193-200

  Nguyen, Cac T ^a,b   Robinson, Sarah R ^a,b   Jung, Woonggyu ^a   Novak, Michael A ^c   Boppart, Stephen A ^a,b   Allen, Jont B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b United States of America   (United States)

^c CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC REFLECTANCE; ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; BIOFILM; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; EARDRUM; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAR; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE; OTOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACOUSTICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; MICROBIOLOGY; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ACOUSTICS; ADULT; BIOFILMS; EAR, MIDDLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 84878590097     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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