It has been long considered that air and bone are the two major mediators that conduct
sounds to the inner ear. In 2004, Hosoi found that vibration of aural cartilage, generated by …

In bone conduction (BC) stimulation, the sound travels from the site of stimulation to the
ipsilateral and contralateral cochlea. A frequency dependent reduction in BC hearing …

Cartilage conduction (CC) is a new form of sound transmission which is induced by a
transducer being placed on the aural cartilage. Although the conventional forms of sound …

Objectives/Hypothesis The aim of this study was to establish the sound transmission
characteristics of cartilage conduction proposed by Hosoi (2004), which is available by a …

Sound information is known to travel to the cochlea via either air or bone conduction.
However, a vibration signal, delivered to the aural cartilage via a transducer, can also …

A hearing aid using cartilage conduction (CC) has been proposed as an alternative to bone
conduction (BC) hearing aids. The transducer developed for this application is lightweight …

Cartilage conduction (CC) is a form of conduction that allows a relatively loud sound to be
audible when a transducer is placed on the aural cartilage. The CC transmission …

Because cartilage conduction—the transmission of sound via the aural cartilage—has
different auditory pathways from well-known air and bone conduction, how the output …

Hearing improvement represents one of the may valuable outcomes in microtia and aural
atresia reconstruction surgery. Most patients with poor development in their hearing function …

A relatively loud sound is audible when a vibrator is attached to the aural cartilage. This form
of conduction is referred to as cartilage conduction (CC). In Japan, a new type of hearing aid …