Author : Nima Maftoon
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ISBN 13 :
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Book Synopsis Experimental and Modelling Study of Gerbil Middle Ear by : Nima Maftoon
Download or read book Experimental and Modelling Study of Gerbil Middle Ear written by Nima Maftoon and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This thesis presents in vivo experimental measurements of vibrations on the surgically exposed tympanic membrane (TM) in the gerbil and a finite-element model of the gerbil middle ear. The TM is composed of the pars tensa and pars flaccida and is connected to the middle-ear bones via the manubrium of the malleus. Measurements were done on the pars flaccida and at several points along the manubrium and on the pars tensa using a laser Doppler vibrometer. Measurements were first done with a closed middle-ear cavity. The manubrial points show an increasing displacement magnitude from the lateral process toward the umbo, with the apparent axis of rotation shifting at high frequencies. Above 5 kHz, phase differences between points along the manubrium may indicate flexing in the manubrium. The simple low-frequency vibration pattern of the pars tensa breaks up at between 1.8 and 2.8 kHz.The effects of progressive opening of the middle-ear cavity were then explored. In all responses, opening the cavity causes an increase in the low-frequency magnitude and a shift of the main middle-ear resonance to lower frequencies, and introduces an antiresonance. However, opening the cavity has little or no effect on either the mode of vibration of the manubrium or the breakup frequency of the pars tensa. An identification method was developed for eliminating the effect of the antiresonance. It was validated and then applied to manubrial and pars-tensa responses. The finite-element model developed in this study uses a set of baseline parameters based primarily on a priori estimates from the literature. Responses from the model were validated against our measurements and against measurements from other groups. The responses of the model are mostly within the range of variability seen in the experimental data. A sensitivity analysis ranked the parameters of the model based on their effects on the model results." --