Transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions as a measure of noise-induced threshold shift. 1998

L Marshall, and L M Heller
Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory, Groton, CT 06349, USA. marshall@nsmrl.navy.mil

Otoacoustic emissions and behavioral hearing thresholds were measured before and after exposure to a 10-min, 105-dB SPL, half-octave band of noise centered at 1.414 kHz. Along a single recovery function, transient-evoked otoacoustic-emission (TEOAE) measurements made with 74-dB pSPL nonlinear click ensembles were alternated with a Bekesy threshold-tracking procedure. Each of the 14 participants with normal hearing underwent 2 hour-long temporary-threshold shift (TTS) sessions as well as 2 pretest sessions and a posttest session. The Bekesy test frequency was fixed at 2.0 kHz, whereas emissions were analyzed in half-octave bandwidths with center frequencies ranging from 0.707 to 5.656 kHz. Results showed that (a) the maximum temporary emission shifts (TES) were half to 1 octave above the exposure frequency; (b) the 4.7-dB average temporary emission shift magnitude at approximately 2 min postexposure was less than half of the 11.7-dB average TTS; (c) the average recovery times for emissions and hearing thresholds were similar (188 vs. 186 min); and (d) the average TTS magnitude along the recovery function was predictable from TES magnitude. It is concluded that both TEOAEs and Bekesy thresholds reveal the same aspects of postexposure inner-ear changes.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D003051 Cochlea The part of the inner ear (LABYRINTH) that is concerned with hearing. It forms the anterior part of the labyrinth, as a snail-like structure that is situated almost horizontally anterior to the VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH. Cochleas
D005260 Female Females
D006317 Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Hearing loss due to exposure to explosive loud noise or chronic exposure to sound level greater than 85 dB. The hearing loss is often in the frequency range 4000-6000 hertz. Acoustic Trauma,Hearing Loss, Noise Induced,Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
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
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

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