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Journal Title: Otolaryngologia Polska - Year 2009, Vol 63, Issue 2
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine whether distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) can be used to distinguish among four groups with audiometrically normal-hearing sensitivity: (1) control adults without tinnitus or hyperacusis, (2) patients with tinnitus alone, (3) patients with hyperacusis alone, and (4) patients with both tinnitus and hyperacusis. Two types of DPOAE measures were evaluated: (1) the distortion product (DP-)gram measured with fi xed primary levels as a function of frequency, and (2) DPOAE input/output (I/O) functions for a range of primary levels between 45 and 70 dB sound pressure level (SPL) at 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz. DP-grams did not clearly distinguish between the control and patient groups. There was, however, a consistent trend for the three patient groups to have decreased average DP levels at 4000 and 6000 Hz; this notch in the DP-gram was not observed in the response confi guration for the control group. In the three patient groups, 51 to 74% of these individuals had DP levels that were outside of the 95% confi dence range for the control group. The average slopes of the I/O growth functions for each of the patient groups were consistently steeper than those for the control group; however, the slope values were indistinguishable among the patient groups. About 60% of the patients’ DPOAE responses (in each group) were categorized as abnormal based on their slope values. Thus, DPOAE measures can be used with at least partial success to distinguish controls from patients with tinnitus, hyperacusis, or both tinnitus and hyperacusis, but not to discriminate among the respective patient groups. These fi ndings suggest that the pathology represented among the patient groups is consistent at the level of the cochlea; however, diagnostic tests targeted at higher centers of processing are needed if the individuals in these groups are to be distinguished among themselves. In all participants, DPOAEs with fi xed primary levels as a function of frequency were measured. There was a consistent trend for the three patient groups to have decreased average DP-gram levels at 4000 and 6000 Hz; this notch in the DP-gram was not observed in the response confi guration for the control group. In the three patient groups, 51 to 74% of these individuals had DP levels that were outside of the 95% confi dence range for the control group. Thus, DPOAE measures can be used with at least partial success to distinguish controls from patients with tinnitus, hyperacusis, or both tinnitus and hyperacusis, but not to discriminate among the respective patient groups. These fi ndings suggest that the pathology represented among the patient groups is consistent at the level of the cochlea; however, diagnostic tests targeted at higher centers of processing are needed if the individuals in these groups are to be distinguished among themselves.
Authors and Affiliations
Grażyna Bartnik, Monika Hawley, Marek Rogowski, Danuta Raj-Koziak, Anna Fabijanska, Craig Formby
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