《The mechanics of the middle ear at static air pressures》.pdf

The Mechanics of the Middle-Ear at Static Air Pressures: The Role of the Ossicular Joints, the Function of the Middle-Ear Muscles 4 and the Behaviour of Stapedial Prostheses 1 / 0 2 / 4 0 n o y t i s r BY e v i n U K. B. HUTTENBRINK s n i k HNO-Uniwrsiiaisklinik Munsrer (Direkior Prof. Dr. H . Feldmann) p o Kardinal-wn-Galen-Ring 10, 04400 Munsier, West-Germany H n h o J U H J . y y l b n o m e o s c. u e l r a a n c o h s t r l e a e p h r a o m F r o f n i m o r f d e d a o l n w o D l o g n y r a l o t O a t c A Graphic design by Jerk-Olof Werkrnaster Printed in Sweden by Alrnqvist Wiksell Tryckeri, Uppsala 1988 Author’s Adress: PD Dr. K. B. Hiittenbrink, HNO-Universitatsklinik Miinster Kardinal-von-Galen-Ring 10, D 4400 Miinster, West-Germany 4 1 / 0 2 / 4 0 n o y t i s r e v i n U s n i k p o H n h o J U H J . y y l b n o m e o s c. u e l r a a n c o h s t r l e a e p h r a o m F r o f n i m o r f d e d a o l n w o D l o g n y r a l o t O a t c A Abstract In an experimental study, the mechanical behaviour of the ossicle-chain during changes of the static air pressure was analyzed microscopically and with a radiographic magnification technique in temporal bone preparations. Several preliminary experiments served to pinpoint methodological problems, like exsiccation-artifacts, storage procedures, prepara- tion d