title: Acoustic mechanisms in middle ear sound transfer.
abstract: This article reviews the mechanisms involved in the sound conduction process. This review includes both the physics of sound energy and the system of sound transmission through the middle ear. Several basic clinical defects of the middle ear are described as to their influence on sound conduction along with typical audiometric patterns associated with these defects.
authors.affiliation: Rush Medical College of Rush University, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Austin
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D000818:Animals; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D004429:Ear Ossicles / Q000502:physiology; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000502:physiology*; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D013016:Sound