The Universitätsspital Zürich expressed a need for a teaching model to enhance the understanding of sound mechanics, anatomy, and physiology of the middle ear. This project focused on replicating the middle ear and its surrounding components, as well as demonstrating the translation of vibrations in a healthy and abnormal middle ear. The model was acoustically stimulated, and accelerometers measured resulting vibrations. This model aids student understanding of the ear, and therefore in developing new options to address the challenges of hearing loss.

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Creator

• Tanner, Arden R.
• Paradise, Elleana A.
• Torraca, Theresa
• Kane, Sean F.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-103020-132638
• 4596

Keyword

• Otology
• Education
• Middle Ear Model

Advisor

• Wodin-Schwartz, Sarah Jane
• Reidinger, Zoe

Year

• 2020

Center

• Zurich, Switzerland Project Center - MQP

Sponsor

• Dr. Ivo Dobrev

Date created

• 2020-10-30

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-02-02