Passive and dynamic properties of the eustachian tube: Quantitative studies in a model

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1031-1033

  Cinamon, Udi ^a,b,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eustachian tube; Mastoid size; Middle ear effusion; Middle ear pressure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE DYSFUNCTION; DYNAMICS; MASTOID; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; EAR DISEASES; EAR, MIDDLE; EUSTACHIAN TUBE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE;

EID: 8544267243     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200411000-00030     Document Type: Article

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