Functional changes in the aging mouse middle ear
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Dissection of the Auditory Bulla in Postnatal Mice: Isolation of the Middle Ear Bones and Histological Analysis
Published on: January 4, 2017
D E Doan1, J S Erulkar, J C Saunders
1Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
Hearing Research
|August 1, 1996
Abstract:
Laser interferometry was used to measure sound-induced umbo velocity in the aging mouse middle ear. Velocity reductions of as much as 8 dB were seen as the mice aged. These functional differences suggest a variety of structural changes that may occur in the aging middle ear.

