[Frequency specific auditory evoked responses. Experiments on stimulus polarity, sweep frequency, stimulus duration, notched-noise masking level, and threshold estimation in volunteers with normal hearing]. 2005

R Schönweiler, and A Neumann, and M Ptok
Abteilung für Phoniatrie und Pädaudiologie (in der HNO-Klinik), Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein-Campus Lübeck. rainer.schoenweiler@phoniatrie.uni-luebeck.de

Auditory evoked responses to tone-pips in notched-noise provide frequency specific estimations of thresholds. Most often, test frequencies are 0.5-4 kHz. Thresholds are expected to match with a high degree to behavioral thresholds. However, only few studies are available containing data on stimulus and averaging parameters, especially at a test frequency of 0.25 kHz. In order to find "optimal" parameters for a widely used device (Nicolet Spirit Version 1.6), we designed five experiments on stimulus polarity (Exp.I), sweep frequency (Exp.II), stimulus duration (Exp.III), notched noise level (Exp.IV), and threshold estimation (Exp.V). The experiments also included a low test frequency of 0.25 kHz. These experiments were applied to 29 healthy volunteers (n=29, aged 20-41 years with normal hearing and no history of illness of the ear). We found that alternating stimulus polarity and a sweep frequency of 43.5/s evoked responses that were highest with respect to amplitudes (0.2-0.4 mV) and correlations (0.49-0.91). A novel finding of the study was that the highest amplitudes and correlations could be achieved if stimulus durations and notched-noise-levels were specifically adjusted to the test frequencies (stimulus durations 0.25 kHz: 4 ms, 0.5 Hz: 2 ms, 1-4 kHz: 1 ms, notched-noise-levels 0.25-0.5 Hz: +10 dB, 1-4 kHz: +/-0 dB). Deviations from behavioral thresholds did not exceed +/-5 dB in 93% of the measures. The results indicate that frequency specific auditory evoked responses provide reliable threshold estimations. Future experiments are required to confirm the threshold deviations for hard of hearing individuals.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010470 Perceptual Masking The interference of one perceptual stimulus with another causing a decrease or lessening in perceptual effectiveness. Masking, Perceptual,Maskings, Perceptual,Perceptual Maskings
D010897 Pitch Discrimination The ability to differentiate sound frequency or pitch. Discrimination, Pitch,Pitch Discriminations
D011571 Psychoacoustics The science pertaining to the interrelationship of psychologic phenomena and the individual's response to the physical properties of sound. Psychoacoustic
D012016 Reference Values The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality. Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D005072 Evoked Potentials, Auditory The electric response evoked in the CEREBRAL CORTEX by ACOUSTIC STIMULATION or stimulation of the AUDITORY PATHWAYS. Auditory Evoked Potentials,Auditory Evoked Response,Auditory Evoked Potential,Auditory Evoked Responses,Evoked Potential, Auditory,Evoked Response, Auditory,Evoked Responses, Auditory,Potentials, Auditory Evoked
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000161 Acoustic Stimulation Use of sound to elicit a response in the nervous system. Auditory Stimulation,Stimulation, Acoustic,Stimulation, Auditory
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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