Evaluating the Function of the Medial Olivocochlear Bundle in Patients With Bilateral Tinnitus
| Autor: | Yu-Fu Chen, Rou-Huei Lu, Lin-Hua Cheng, Chih-Hung Wang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Linguistics and Language medicine.medical_specialty Distortion product business.industry Otoacoustic Emissions Spontaneous Otoacoustic emission Audiology Language and Linguistics Cochlea Tinnitus Speech and Hearing Acoustic Stimulation Hearing Reflex Humans Medicine Female In patient Bilateral tinnitus medicine.symptom Noise business Olivocochlear bundle |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 63:1969-1978 |
| ISSN: | 1558-9102 1092-4388 |
| DOI: | 10.1044/2020_jslhr-19-00080 |
| Popis: | PurposeNo study has investigated the effects of contralateral noise (CN) on speech-in-noise perception (SINP) in listeners with tinnitus. The mechanisms underlying the involvement of medial olivocochlear (MOC) reflex with SINP remain to be elucidated. This study aimed to investigate the MOC function in patients with bilateral tinnitus by measuring distortion product otoacoustic emission and SINP.MethodEighteen patients with bilateral tinnitus (one male and 17 females; age:M±SD= 45.61 ± 10.18 years) and 19 listeners without tinnitus (six males and 13 females; age:M±SD= 34.11 ± 8.35 years) were recruited for the study. Each subject underwent distortion product otoacoustic emission measurement and the SINP test for both ears. The effects of CN on these two measurements were compared between tinnitus ears (TEs) and no-tinnitus ears (NTEs).ResultsThe presence of CN significantly reduced distortion product (DP) amplitudes and improved SINP for TEs, and the amounts of DP suppression and SINP improvement were similar to those in NTEs. Improvement of SINP was positively correlated with DP suppression at 6185 Hz for NTEs and at 1640 Hz for TEs.ConclusionsThe results of this study suggest that the amounts of DP suppression and SINP improvement were similar between listeners with and without tinnitus. For both ear groups, the MOC reflex was involved with SINP at specific frequencies. Any clinical test outcomes with regard to the MOC bundle in patients with tinnitus should be interpreted with caution until further studies are conducted. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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