期刊
MEDICAL ENGINEERING & PHYSICS
卷 35, 期 3, 页码 310-318出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2012.05.003
关键词
Round window membrane; Laser Doppler vibrometry; Complex modulus; Finite element model
资金
- NIH [R01DC006632, R01DC011585]
Round window is one of the two openings into cochlea from the middle ear. Mechanical properties of round window membrane (RWM) affect cochlear fluid motion and play an important role in the transmission of sound into cochlea. However, no measurement of mechanical properties of RWM has been reported because of the complication of its location and small size. This paper reports the first investigation on dynamic properties of human RWM using acoustic stimulation and laser Doppler vibrometry measurement. The experiments on RWM specimens were subsequently simulated in finite element (FE) model and an inverse-problem solving method was used to determine the complex modulus in frequency-domain and the relaxation modulus in time-domain. The results show that the average storage modulus of human RWM changes from 2.32 to 3.83 MPa and the average loss modulus from 0.085 to 0.925 MPa over frequencies of 200-8000 Hz. The effects of specimen geometry and experimental condition on complex modulus measurements were discussed through FE modeling analysis. Dynamic properties of RWM reported in this paper provide important data for the study of middle ear and cochlear mechanics. (C) 2012 IPEM. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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