Title :
An Air-Damped Artificial Mastoid
Author_Institution :
Beltone Res. Labs., Chicago, Ill.
fDate :
4/1/1961 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Bio-Medical Electronics, IRE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TBMEL.1961.4322873
