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An acoustic transient can be generated inside an absorbing tissue as a result of laser-tissue interaction after pulsed laser irradiation. Herein we report a novel application of this physical process, the optoacoustic wave generation in the inner ear and subsequently the induction of basilar membrane vibrations. These laser induced vibrations show a direct correlation to the laser energy and an indirect correlation to the distance from the irradiation focus. Through these characteristics they may be used, in a new generation of cochlear implants, to improve the frequency specific cochlear activation and consequently improve speech perception in hearing impaired patients with residual hearing.
K Y Zhang, and
G I Wenzel, and
S Balster, and
H H Lim, and
H Lubatschowski, and
T Lenarz, and
W Ertmer, and
G Reuter
November 1996,
Acta physiologica Scandinavica,
K Y Zhang, and
G I Wenzel, and
S Balster, and
H H Lim, and
H Lubatschowski, and
T Lenarz, and
W Ertmer, and
G Reuter
March 2021,
Journal of biomedical optics,
K Y Zhang, and
G I Wenzel, and
S Balster, and
H H Lim, and
H Lubatschowski, and
T Lenarz, and
W Ertmer, and
G Reuter
December 2005,
Journal of pharmacological sciences,
K Y Zhang, and
G I Wenzel, and
S Balster, and
H H Lim, and
H Lubatschowski, and
T Lenarz, and
W Ertmer, and
G Reuter
August 2004,
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,
K Y Zhang, and
G I Wenzel, and
S Balster, and
H H Lim, and
H Lubatschowski, and
T Lenarz, and
W Ertmer, and
G Reuter
July 2021,
Nature communications,
K Y Zhang, and
G I Wenzel, and
S Balster, and
H H Lim, and
H Lubatschowski, and
T Lenarz, and
W Ertmer, and
G Reuter
December 1964,
The Journal of laryngology and otology,
K Y Zhang, and
G I Wenzel, and
S Balster, and
H H Lim, and
H Lubatschowski, and
T Lenarz, and
W Ertmer, and
G Reuter
August 2006,
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists,
K Y Zhang, and
G I Wenzel, and
S Balster, and
H H Lim, and
H Lubatschowski, and
T Lenarz, and
W Ertmer, and
G Reuter
April 2011,
Biophysical journal,
K Y Zhang, and
G I Wenzel, and
S Balster, and
H H Lim, and
H Lubatschowski, and
T Lenarz, and
W Ertmer, and
G Reuter
September 2002,
HNO,
K Y Zhang, and
G I Wenzel, and
S Balster, and
H H Lim, and
H Lubatschowski, and
T Lenarz, and
W Ertmer, and
G Reuter
May 1980,
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