DocumentCode
533260
Title
Notice of Retraction
Numerical study on the effect of attachment points of middle ear actuator on the movement of the stapes
Author
Houguang Liu ; Zhushi Rao
Author_Institution
State Key Lab. of Mech. Syst. & Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China
Volume
11
fYear
2010
fDate
22-24 Oct. 2010
Abstract
Notice of Retraction
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
Several types of middle ear implants have been invented as an alternative to conventional hearing aids for the rehabilitation of sensorineural hearing loss. To study the effect of the attachment points of their actuator on the movement of the stapes, a human middle ear finite element model was constructed. This model was build based on a complete set of computerized tomography section images of a healthy volunteer´s left ear by reverse engineering technology. The result shows that the incus long process is an ideal attachment point for middle ear actuator as only a small excitation force is required to compensate the same level of hearing loss. In addition, the stapes piston motion is less sensitive to the changes in the direction of the excitation force in this case.
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
Several types of middle ear implants have been invented as an alternative to conventional hearing aids for the rehabilitation of sensorineural hearing loss. To study the effect of the attachment points of their actuator on the movement of the stapes, a human middle ear finite element model was constructed. This model was build based on a complete set of computerized tomography section images of a healthy volunteer´s left ear by reverse engineering technology. The result shows that the incus long process is an ideal attachment point for middle ear actuator as only a small excitation force is required to compensate the same level of hearing loss. In addition, the stapes piston motion is less sensitive to the changes in the direction of the excitation force in this case.
Keywords
actuators; computerised tomography; finite element analysis; hearing aids; prosthetics; reverse engineering; computerized tomography section images; finite element model; middle ear actuator attachment points; middle ear implants; reverse engineering technology; sensorineural hearing loss rehabilitation; stapes movement; Actuators; Auditory system; Computational modeling; Ear; Finite element methods; Force; Humans; actuator; attachment point; finite element analysis; middle ear implant;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer Application and System Modeling (ICCASM), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Taiyuan
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-7235-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICCASM.2010.5623260
Filename
5623260
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