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Dynamic Changes in Spontaneous Otoacoustic Emissions Produced by Contralateral Broadband Noise

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Abstract

Spontaneous otoacoustic emission (SOAE) changes following the onset of a broadband contralateral acoustic stimulation (CAS) presented at 65 dB SPL were measured in human subjects to evaluate the time-course of medial olivocochlear (MOC) efferent effects. Data were sampled for 1.23 s with the onset of the recording window at 409 ms prior to an abrupt onset of CAS. For each ear, a set of 50 waveform samples was analyzed off-line. The results indicated that: (1) CAS alters SOAEs with a latency in the range of tens of milliseconds relative to the CAS onset, and (2) SOAE frequency increases with a shorter latency than the latency of SOAE amplitude decrease. It is postulated that contralateral suppression of SOAEs is mediated primarily by MOC activity rather than through the stapedial reflex.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationBiophysics of the Cochlea: From Molecules to Models
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2003

Keywords

  • broadband noise
  • contralateral
  • dynamic changes
  • spontaneous otoacoustic emissions

Disciplines

  • Speech Pathology and Audiology

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