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ReviewAudiology research2021

Perception Mechanism of Bone-Conducted Ultrasound and Its Clinical Use.

Tadashi Nishimura, Tadao Okayasu, Akinori Yamashita, Hiroshi Hosoi, Tadashi Kitahara

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Review in Audiology research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Bone and Cartilage Conduction.Audiology research · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tadashi NishimuraDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0000-1041
Tadao OkayasuDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
Akinori YamashitaDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
Hiroshi HosoiMBT (Medicine-Based Town) Institute, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
Tadashi KitaharaDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
Nara Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is generally believed that ultrasound cannot be heard. However, ultrasound is audible when it is presented through bone conduction. Bone-conducted ultrasound (BCU) has unique characteristics; the most interesting is its perception in patients with profound deafness. Some patients can perceive it and discriminate speech-modulated BCU. Previous reports have suggested that BCU can be used for a hearing aid or tinnitus sound therapy. In this review, the perception of BCU at both the peripheral and central levels was investigated based on previous studies, although some of them remain controversial. We also investigated the clinical use of BCU. To develop hearing aids utilizing BCU, the encoding of speech signals into BCU has to be established. The outcomes of the reported speech modulations were evaluated. Furthermore, the suppression of tinnitus by BCU was reviewed, and the feasibility of the application of BCU to tinnitus treatment was investigated.

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bone conductionhigh frequency soundprofound deaftinnitusultrasonic perceptionultrasound

Identifiers

PMID34070877
PMCPMC8261637
OpenAlexW3164061738

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