Mapping Sites on Bone and Soft Tissue of the Head, Neck and Thorax at Which a Bone Vibrator Elicits Auditory Sensation

This study was designed to map the sites on the skin of the head, neck and thorax at which a clinical bone vibrator elicits auditory sensation. In 10 subjects with normal hearing, a bone vibrator delivering a 2000-Hz warble tone, at an intensity which was at least 5 dB below the intensity which elicited a sensation by air conduction over each site, was applied to 25 sites with an application force of 500 g. Auditory sensations were elicited at many soft tissue (underlying bone >1 cm below the skin) and osseous (bone

Source: Audiology and Neurotology Extra - November 6, 2014 Category: Audiology Source Type: research