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ArticleHearing research2023

Characterization and Clinical Use of Bone Conduction Transducers at Extended High Frequencies.

Aaron K Remenschneider, Jeffrey Tao Cheng, Barbara S Herrmann, John J Rosowski

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Article in Hearing research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Skull Soft Tissues: Implications for Bone Conduction Coupling.Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology · 2026
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  2. Restoration of High-Frequency Middle Ear Function in Partial Ossicular Discontinuity: A Basic Science and Clinical Correlation.Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology · 2026
    Article
  3. The Transmission of Sound to the Cochlea in Normal and Pathological Human Middle Ears.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2025
    Review
  4. Contemporary Mechanics of Conductive Hearing Loss.Operative techniques in otolaryngology--head and neck surgery · 2024
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aaron K RemenschneiderDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Otolaryngology, UMass Memorial Medical Center, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. Electronic address: Aaron_Remenschneider@meei.harvard.edu.
Jeffrey Tao ChengDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Barbara S HerrmannDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
John J RosowskiDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Conductive Presbycusis in HumansK08DC018575 · NIDCD · MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY · PI REMENSCHNEIDER, AARON KYLE · 2020 to 2024
$950k
NIDCD NIH HHS K08 DC018575
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Measurement of bone conduction (BC) hearing thresholds at extended high frequencies (EHF; above 8 kHz) is of clinical interest but is technically complicated by limitations in standard BC transducer output, a lack of calibration standards and sparse clinical data from human subjects. A recently described calibration scheme using an artificial mastoid and interposed accelerometer is applied in this study to characterize and compare acceleration and computed force outputs over the 4-20 kHz range of two standard BC transducers: the RadioEar® B71 and B81, as well as two non-standard, commercially available BC transducers: the Tascam® HP-F200 and the Aftershokz® AS400. Measures of linear output growth, harmonic distortion and acoustic radiation are assessed and compared across devices. A maximum linear input voltage is established for each BC transducer using measurements of linear output growth and total harmonic distortion. At maximum linear input level, the Tascam shows superior force output by 25 to 40 dB above 8 kHz and the widest dynamic EHF range. Acoustic radiation per output force was lowest for the Tascam, whereas the AS400 behaved more like an air conduction earphone than a force generator. In a cohort of 15 normal hearing volunteers, BC thresholds, measured with the Tascam and reported in dB re 1 rms μN, were consistent with historical measures of EHF BC thresholds in similar subjects using an alternative BC transducer.

Indexed as

AudiometryBone ConductionAuditory ThresholdHearingHumansTransducersBone conductionBone transducerExtended high frequencyHigh frequency conductive hearing lossThreshold testing

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PMID36628803
PMCPMC9953386
OpenAlexW4313368588

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