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1. Motivation

2. Research objectives

3.1 Adults

3.2 Newborns

3.2 Newborns (cont'd)

4.1 Audiogram

4.2 Auditory brainstem response

4.2 Auditory brainstem response (cont'd)

4.3 Otoacoustic emissions

4.3 Otoacoustic emissions (cont'd)

4.3.1 Limitations

4.4 Acoustical input admittance

4.4 Acoustical input admittance (cont'd)

4.5 Tympanometry

4.5 Tympanometry (cont'd)

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5.1 Passive prostheses (cont'd)

5.1 Passive prostheses (cont'd)

5.1 Passive prostheses (cont'd)

5.2 Passive external devices

5.3 Hearing aids and implants

6. Inner ear

7. Teaching

5. Treatment

5.1 Passive prostheses

Three types of prosthesis

Repair or replacement of the eardrum and ossicles

A frequent surgical procedure (thousands/year in Canada)
Many surgical options

After Cull (1989): The Sourcebook of medical illustration, Parthenon, Carnforth, xxiii+481 pp.

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