The effects of sensory hearing loss on cochlear filter times estimated from auditory brainstem response latencies
| Autor: | Betty Kwong, Manuel Don, Curtis W. Ponton, Jos J. Eggermont |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Acoustics and Ultrasonics Hearing loss Hearing Loss Sensorineural Acoustics Audiology Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Reference Values Evoked Potentials Auditory Brain Stem Reaction Time otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans Latency (engineering) Center frequency Cochlear Nerve Cochlea Neural Conduction business.industry Middle Aged Audiometry Evoked Response Auditory brainstem response Acoustic Stimulation Filter (video) Audiometry Pure-Tone Female sense organs Brainstem medicine.symptom business Perceptual Masking |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 104:2280-2289 |
| ISSN: | 0001-4966 |
| DOI: | 10.1121/1.423741 |
| Popis: | Derived-band auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) were obtained in 43 normal-hearing and 80 cochlear hearing-impaired individuals using clicks and high-pass noise masking. The response times across the cochlea [the latency difference between wave V's of the 5.7- and 1.4-kHz center frequency (CF) derived bands] were calculated for five levels of click stimulation ranging from 53 to 93 dB p.-p.e. SPL (23 to 63 dB nHL) in 10-dB steps. Cochlear response times appeared to shorten significantly with hearing loss, especially when the average pure tone (1 to 8 kHz) hearing loss exceeded 30 dB. Examination of derived-band latencies indicates that this shortening is due to a dramatic decrease of wave V latency in the lower CF derived band. Estimates of cochlear filter times in terms of the number of periods to maximum response (Nmax) were calculated from derived-band latencies corrected for gender-dependent cochlear transport and neural conduction times. Nmax decreased as a function of hearing loss, especially for the low CF derived bands. The functions were similar for both males and females. These results are consistent with broader cochlear tuning due to peripheral hearing loss. Estimating filter response times from ABR latencies enhances objective noninvasive diagnosis and allows delineation of the differential effects of pathology on the underlying cochlear mechanisms involved in cochlear transport and filter build-up times. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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