| Literature DB >> 26631688 |
Margarete A Ueberfuhr1, Hannah Fehlberg2, Shawn S Goodman3, Robert H Withnell4.
Abstract
Distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) were used to assess outer hair cell (OHC) integrity in human ears with age-related hearing loss. Sound pressure measurements were made in the ear canal over the stimulus range 40-90 dB SPL (L2), with L1 = 0.45*L2 + 44 with F2 = 2 and 3 or 4 kHz. Model-generated DPOAE I/O functions were fit to DPOAE data to quantify the contribution of loss of nonlinearity (OHC loss) to the hearing loss. Results suggest OHC loss as a contributing cause of age-related hearing, regardless of audiogram configuration. It seems likely that OHC and strial pathology co-exist in ears with AHL.Entities:
Keywords: Model; Otoacoustic emission; Presbycusis
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Year: 2015 PMID： 26631688 DOI： 10.1016/j.heares.2015.11.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hear Res ISSN： 0378-5955 Impact factor: 3.208