ArticleApplied bionics and biomechanics2018
Analysis of the Mechanical Properties of the Human Tympanic Membrane and Its Influence on the Dynamic Behaviour of the Human Hearing System.
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- Numerical model characterization of the sound transmission mechanism in the tympanic membrane from a high-speed digital holographic experiment in transient regime.Acta biomaterialia · 2023Article
- Vibroacoustic Response of the Tympanic Membrane to Hyoid-Borne Sound Generated during Echolocation in Bats.Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
- The impact of tympanic membrane perforations on middle ear transfer function.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2022Article
- Evaluation of acoustic changes in and the healing outcomes of rat eardrums with pars tensa and pars flaccida perforations.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2022Article
- Forward and Reverse Middle Ear Transmission in Gerbil with a Normal or Spontaneously Healed Tympanic Membrane.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2021Article
- High Resolution and Labeling Free Studying the 3D Microstructure of the Pars Tensa-Annulus Unit of Mice.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Article
- Recovery from tympanic membrane perforation: Effects on membrane thickness, auditory thresholds, and middle ear transmission.Hearing research · 2019Article
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Abstract
The difficulty to estimate the mechanical properties of the tympanic membrane (TM) is a limitation to understand the sound transmission mechanism. In this paper, based on finite element calculations, the sensitivity of the human hearing system to these properties is evaluated. The parameters that define the bending stiffness properties of the membrane have been studied, specifically two key parameters: Young's modulus of the tympanic membrane and the thickness of the eardrum. Additionally, it has been completed with the evaluation of the presence of an initial prestrain inside the TM. Modal analysis is used to study the qualitative characteristics of the TM comparing with vibration patterns obtained by holography. Higher-order modes are shown as a tool to identify these properties. The results show that different combinations of elastic properties and prestrain provide similar responses. The presence of prestrain at the membrane adds more uncertainty, and it is pointed out as a source for the lack of agreement of some previous TM elastic modulus estimations.
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