Open AccessAudiometric Predictions Using Stimulus-Frequency Otoacoustic Emissions and Middle Ear Measurements
Author(s) -
John C. Ellison,
Douglas H. Keefe
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
ear and hearing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.577
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1538-4667
pISSN - 0196-0202
DOI - 10.1097/01.aud.0000179692.81851.3b
Subject(s) - audiology , tympanometry , bone conduction , hearing loss , otoacoustic emission , ear canal , middle ear , audiogram , cochlea , sound pressure , sensorineural hearing loss , audiometry , medicine , acoustics , physics , surgery
The goals of the study are to determine how well stimulus-frequency otoacoustic emissions (SFOAEs) identify hearing loss, classify hearing loss as mild or moderate-severe, and correlate with pure-tone thresholds in a population of adults with normal middle ear function. Other goals are to determine if middle ear function as assessed by wideband acoustic transfer function (ATF) measurements in the ear canal account for the variability in normal thresholds, and if the inclusion of ATFs improves the ability of SFOAEs to identify hearing loss and predict pure-tone thresholds.