Numerical Study and Optimization of a Novel Piezoelectric Transducer for a Round-Window Stimulating Type Middle-Ear Implant

Numerical Study and Optimization of a Novel Piezoelectric Transducer for a Round-Window Stimulating Type Middle-Ear Implant

Round window (RW) stimulation is a new application of middle ear implants for treating hearing loss, especially for those with middle ear disease. However, most reports on it are based on the use of the floating mass transducer (FMT), which was not originally designed for round window stimulation. T...

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Main Authors: Houguang Liu, Hehe Wang, Zhushi Rao, Jianhua Yang, Shanguo Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-01-01
Series:Micromachines
Subjects:
piezoelectric transducer
middle ear implant
round window stimulation
hearing loss
flextensional amplifier
finite element analysis
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/10/1/40

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