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Research Article

A novel bone conduction implant (BCI): Engineering aspects and pre-clinical studies

Bo Håkansson Department of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sabine Reinfeldt Department of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
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Måns Eeg-Olofsson Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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Per Östli Department of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
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Hamidreza Taghavi Department of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
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Johannes Adler Department of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
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John Gabrielsson Department of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
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Stefan Stenfelt Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Gösta Granström Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden; The Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden
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Pages 203-215 | Received 01 Jun 2009, Accepted 17 Aug 2009, Published online: 28 Jan 2010

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