DocumentCode
767311
Title
An Air-Damped Artificial Mastoid
Author
Weiss, Erwin
Author_Institution
Beltone Res. Labs., Chicago, Ill.
Volume
8
Issue
2
fYear
1961
fDate
4/1/1961 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
122
Lastpage
127
Abstract
An air-damped artificial mastoid has been constructed to simulate the mechanical impedance of the human mastoid. The instrument is used to determine the force transmitted through the skull by bone vibrators used in clinical audiometers and bone-conduction-type hearing aids.
Keywords
Acoustic measurements; Bones; Conductors; Damping; Force measurement; Humans; Impedance; Instruments; Measurement standards; NIST;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Bio-Medical Electronics, IRE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0096-1884
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322873
Filename
4322873
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