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Table 1 The mean microphone level outputs (dB) of the FPM and Hy-M30 microphone

From: Feasible pickup from intact ossicular chain with floating piezoelectric microphone

Frequency(kHz)

0.25

0.50

1.0

1.5

2.0

3.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

FPM in vitro*

-18.62

(0.4763)

-19.94

(0.7088)

-16.47

(0.5252)

-16.28

(0.4966)

-14.14

(0.5598)

-16.32

(0.6594)

-22.87

(0.6118)

-26.55

(0.7719)

-22.82

(0.8877)

FPM on malleus

-49.2 0

(1.81)

-50.77

(1.749)

-35.83

(2.208)

-25.87

(1.517)

-16.59

(1.836)

-16.45

(1.223)

-23.67

(1.894)

-28.86

(1.146)

-22.42

(1.868)

FPM in tympanic cavity

-52.21

(0.7639)

-52.51

(0.4267)

-53.15

(0.6175)

-50.26

(0.1644)

-44.96

(0.5878)

-42.77

(0.6612)

-39.60

(0.3746)

-40.32

(0.2733)

-42.23

(0.6295)

Hy-M30 Mic

-16.36

(0.3785)

-11.31

(0.4782)

-14.19

(0.2405)

-11.39

(0.4088)

-7.161

(0.1995)

-15.46

(0.3006)

-8.957

(0.3065)

-21.58

(0.3694)

-23.26

(0.5330)

  1. * Mean microphone level outputs of the group of FPM in vitro were quoted from our previous work (see the reference [18]). Here the dB value means microphone level output. 0 dB is equal to 1 volt; the standard deviation of each condition was placed into the bracket.