Safe and reliable sound threshold measures with direct vibration of the ossicular chain

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 11 I, 2004, Pages 2012-2020

  Maassen, Marcus M ^a   Jorge, Jesus Rodriguez ^a   Herberhold, Stephan ^a   Vonthein, Reinhard ^a   Zimmermann, Rainer ^a   Baumann, Ingo ^a   Brosch, Sibylle ^a   Mauz, Paul S ^a   Pfister, Markus ^a   Zalaman, Ilse M ^a   Löwenheim, Hubert ^a   Zenner, Hans P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Audiometry; Implantable hearing device; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETER; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY OSSICLE; BONE CONDUCTION; DIZZINESS; EARDRUM; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; MALLEUS VIBRATION AUDIOMETER; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SOUND INTENSITY; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EAR; EAR OSSICLES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIBRATION;

EID: 9144227578     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000147938.52132.4b     Document Type: Article

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