Virtual test environment for prostheses - coupled middle- and inner-ear model
- In order to evaluate the performance of different stapes prosthesis types, a coupled finite element (FE) model of human ear was developed. First, the middle-ear FE model was developed and validated using the middle-ear transfer function measurements available in literature including pathological cases. Then, the inner-ear FE model was developed and validated using tonotopy, impedance, and level of cochlea amplification curves from literature. Both models are based on pre-existing research with some improvements and were combined into one coupled FE model. The stapes in the coupled FE ear model was replaced with a model of a stapes prosthesis to create a reconstructed ear model that can be used to estimate how different types of protheses perform relative to each other as well as to the natural ear. This will help in designing of new innovative types of stapes prostheses or any other type of middle-ear prostheses as well as to improve the ones that are already available on the market.
| Author of HS Reutlingen | Lauxmann, Michael; Sackmann, Benjamin; Burovikhin, Dmitrii |
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| URL: | https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/docs/librariesprovider66/default-document-library/memro-program-abstract-booklet089df2e6302864d9a5bfff0a001ce385.pdf?sfvrsn=c7b596ba_2 |
| Erschienen in: | MEMRO 2022 : 9th international symposium on middle ear mechanics in research and otology, 21-25 June 2022, Boulder, CO, USA ; conference program and abstracts |
| Publisher: | University of Colorado |
| Place of publication: | Boulder, Colorado |
| Document Type: | Conference proceeding |
| Language: | English |
| Publication year: | 2022 |
| Page Number: | 1 |
| First Page: | 39 |
| DDC classes: | 610 Medizin, Gesundheit |
| Open access?: | Ja |
| Licence (German): |  Open Access |
