An investigation of the use of the occluded forehead bone conduction method in a clinical setting

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Sarah Rowland Hodges (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Advisor
Mariana Newton

Abstract: The present investigation was designed to explore the use of occluded forehead bone conduction in a clinical setting. Specifically, the present study investigated the equivalence of unoccluded mastoid (UM) and occluded forehead (OF) bone conduction thresholds, and the extent to which the occlusion effect compensates for the loss of sensitivity associated with forehead placement. Additionally, this investigation determined if the pattern demonstrated by comparison of air conduction and unoccluded mastoid bone conduction (AC-UM) was unchanged when occluded forehead thresholds were substituted for unoccluded mastoid thresholds (AC-OF) in an air conduction-bone conduction comparison in various types of hearing loss.

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Publication
Thesis
Language: English
Date: 1972
Subjects
Middle ear $x Physiology
Audiology
Deafness

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