PARTIALLY IMPLANTABLE HEARING-AID USING PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC OSSICULAR VIBRATOR - RESULTS OF THE IMPLANT-OPERATION AND ASSESSMENT OF THE HEARING AFFORDED BY THE DEVICE

Authors
YANAGIHARA N GYO K HINOHIRA Y
Citation
N. Yanagihara et al., PARTIALLY IMPLANTABLE HEARING-AID USING PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC OSSICULAR VIBRATOR - RESULTS OF THE IMPLANT-OPERATION AND ASSESSMENT OF THE HEARING AFFORDED BY THE DEVICE, Otolaryngologic clinics of North America, 28(1), 1995, pp. 85-97
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
Otolaryngologic clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00306665
Volume
28
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
85 - 97
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-6665(1995)28:1<85:PIHUPC>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The aim of designing an implantable hear g aid (IHA) is to compensate for some of the disadvantages of conventional hearing aids. The IHA de scribed in this article is a direct oscillation type in which the piez oelectric ceramic ossicular vibrator couple directly to the stapes tra nsmits sound signals to the perilymph effectively. This type of IHA ca n give a better fidelity of sound perception than a conventional heari ng aid.