A New Trans-Tympanic Microphone Approach for Fully Implantable Hearing Devices
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Conventional Implantable Microphones and the New Approach
3. Measurement Methods
3.1. Temporal-Bone Preparation
3.2. Measurements and Data Acquisition
4. Results
4.1. Results of the Trans-Tympanic Microphone Experiment
4.2. Acoustic Feedback for the Trans-Tympanic Microphone with Round-Window Drive
5. Discussion and Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Woo, S.T.; Shin, D.H.; Lim, H.-G.; Seong, K.-W.; Gottlieb, P.; Puria, S.; Lee, K.-Y.; Cho, J.-H. A New Trans-Tympanic Microphone Approach for Fully Implantable Hearing Devices. Sensors 2015, 15, 22798-22810. https://doi.org/10.3390/s150922798
Woo ST, Shin DH, Lim H-G, Seong K-W, Gottlieb P, Puria S, Lee K-Y, Cho J-H. A New Trans-Tympanic Microphone Approach for Fully Implantable Hearing Devices. Sensors. 2015; 15(9):22798-22810. https://doi.org/10.3390/s150922798
Chicago/Turabian StyleWoo, Seong Tak, Dong Ho Shin, Hyung-Gyu Lim, Ki-Woong Seong, Peter Gottlieb, Sunil Puria, Kyu-Yup Lee, and Jin-Ho Cho. 2015. "A New Trans-Tympanic Microphone Approach for Fully Implantable Hearing Devices" Sensors 15, no. 9: 22798-22810. https://doi.org/10.3390/s150922798