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How do Tympanic-membrane Perforations Affect Human Middle-ear Sound Transmission?

Susan E. Voss, John J. Rosowski, Saumil N. Merchant, William T. Peake Eaton-Peabody Laboratory of Auditory Physiology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston; Speech and Hearing Sciences Program, Harvard-M.I.T. Division of Health Sciences and Technology; Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary; Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Eaton-Peabody Laboratory of Auditory Physiology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston; Speech and Hearing Sciences Program, Harvard-M.I.T. Division of Health Sciences and Technology; Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary; Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Eaton-Peabody Laboratory of Auditory Physiology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston; Speech and Hearing Sciences Program, Harvard-M.I.T. Division of Health Sciences and Technology; Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary; Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Pages 169-173 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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