• 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