An overview of wideband immittance measurements techniques and terminology: You say absorbance, i say reflectance

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages

  Rosowski, John J ^a   Stenfelt, Stefan ^b   Lilly, David ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR REHABILITATIVE AUDITORY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; AUDIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW; DEVICES; HEARING DISORDERS; PROCEDURES;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; AUDIOLOGY; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84881527235     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31829d5a14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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