Accession Number:

AD0774717

Title:

Sound Conduction of the Ear.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

PRINCETON UNIV N J AUDITORY RESEARCH LABS

Personal Author(s):

• Wever,Ernest Glen

Report Date:

1974-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

Development of the cochlear potential method for study of conductive processes in the ear, and experiments showing the action of the middle ear and cochlear mechanisms, have added substantially to our understanding of the ear under normal and pathological conditions. The development of surgical procedures for the treatment of otosclerosis and other hearing disorders has been guided by principles derived from these investigations. Recent discoveries reveal new possibilities for further advances in these directions. Included is the use of models derived for the ears of lower vertebrates in the design of methods for the treatment of conductive and inner ear deafness. Author

Descriptors:

• *Auditory perception
• *Ear
• Surgery
• Hearing
• Humans
• Auditory acuity
• Stimulation(Physiology)
• Physiology
• Auditory nerve
• Deafness
• Therapy

Subject Categories:

• Psychology
• Anatomy and Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE