Estimating Hearing Thresholds From Stimulus-Frequency Otoacoustic Emissions. 2020

Qin Gong, and Yin Liu, and Zewen Peng
Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

It is of clinical interest to estimate pure-tone thresholds from potentially available objective measures, such as stimulus-frequency otoacoustic emissions (SFOAEs). SFOAEs can determine hearing status (normal hearing vs. hearing loss), but few studies have explored their further potential in predicting audiometric thresholds. The current study investigates the ability of SFOAEs to predict hearing thresholds at octave frequencies from 0.5 to 8 kHz. SFOAE input/output functions and pure-tone thresholds were measured from 230 ears with normal hearing and 737 ears with sensorineural hearing loss. Two methods were used to predict hearing thresholds. Method 1 is a linear regression model; Method 2 proposed in this study is a back propagation (BP) network predictor built on the bases of a BP neural network and principal component analysis. In addition, a BP network classifier was built to identify hearing status. Both Methods 1 and 2 were able to predict hearing thresholds from 0.5 to 8 kHz, but Method 2 achieved better performance than Method 1. The BP network classifiers achieved excellent performance in determining the presence or absence of hearing loss at all test frequencies. The results show that SFOAEs are not only able to identify hearing status with great accuracy at all test frequencies but, more importantly, can predict hearing thresholds at octave frequencies from 0.5 to 8 kHz, with best performance at 0.5 to 4 kHz. The BP network predictor is a potential tool for quantitatively predicting hearing thresholds, at least at 0.5 to 4 kHz.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006309 Hearing The ability or act of sensing and transducing ACOUSTIC STIMULATION to the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. It is also called audition. Audition
D006319 Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Hearing loss resulting from damage to the COCHLEA and the sensorineural elements which lie internally beyond the oval and round windows. These elements include the AUDITORY NERVE and its connections in the BRAINSTEM. Deafness Neurosensory,Deafness, Neurosensory,Deafness, Sensoryneural,Neurosensory Deafness,Sensorineural Hearing Loss,Sensoryneural Deafness,Cochlear Hearing Loss,Hearing Loss, Cochlear,Deafnesses, Neurosensory,Deafnesses, Sensoryneural,Neurosensory Deafnesses,Sensoryneural Deafness,Sensoryneural Deafnesses
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001301 Audiometry, Pure-Tone Measurement of hearing based on the use of pure tones of various frequencies and intensities as auditory stimuli. Audiometry, Bekesy,Audiometry, Pure Tone,Bekesy Audiometry,Pure-Tone Audiometry
D001309 Auditory Threshold The audibility limit of discriminating sound intensity and pitch. Auditory Thresholds,Threshold, Auditory,Thresholds, Auditory
D017084 Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous Self-generated faint acoustic signals from the inner ear (COCHLEA) without external stimulation. These faint signals can be recorded in the EAR CANAL and are indications of active OUTER AUDITORY HAIR CELLS. Spontaneous otoacoustic emissions are found in all classes of land vertebrates. Spontaneous Otoacoustic Emissions,Otoacoustic Emission, Spontaneous,Spontaneous Otoacoustic Emission

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