TY - JOUR
T1 - Detection of middle-ear muscle reflex activation using changes in otoacoustic emission stimulus amplitude versus absorbance
T2 - an initial investigation
AU - Mertes, Ian B.
N1 - The author thanks the participants for their time and Zoë Dinger for assistance with data collection. This work was supported by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research under an Arnold O. Beckman award. Portions of this work were presented at the 46th Annual Scientific and Technology Conference of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, February 28–March 2, 2019.
The author thanks the participants for their time and Zoë Dinger for assistance with data collection. This work was supported by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research under an Arnold O. Beckman award. Portions of this work were presented at the 46th Annual Scientific and Technology Conference of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, February 28–March 2, 2019.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Objectives: The medial olivocochlear reflex (MOCR) reduces cochlear amplifier gain, which may be beneficial for hearing in noise. Additionally, measurement of the MOCR may be diagnostically useful in the audiology clinic. The MOCR can be measured as the change in transient-evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) amplitude without versus with contralateral acoustic stimulation (CAS). However, CAS can activate the middle-ear muscle reflex (MEMR) which can confound the MOCR results. MEMR activation has been assessed using changes in TEOAE stimulus amplitude without versus with CAS. As an initial investigation, the current study compared detection of MEMR activation using changes in TEOAE stimulus amplitude to changes in wideband absorbance. Methods: In 26 normal-hearing participants, the MEMR was measured as the change in absorbance and as the change in TEOAE stimulus amplitude without and with CAS. Percentile critical differences were developed from the test-retest measurements. Measures of agreement between MEMR detection methods were computed. Results: CAS resulted in a larger number of participants exceeding the 95th percentile critical difference for absorbance compared to TEOAE stimulus amplitude (22 versus 1). Agreement between methods was low. Conclusion: Initial results indicated that MEMR was detectable in a larger number of participants when using absorbance compared to TEOAE stimulus amplitude. However, future work could better equate the two methods and include measurement of MEMR thresholds to determine optimal methods for detecting MEMR activation during MOCR assessments.
AB - Objectives: The medial olivocochlear reflex (MOCR) reduces cochlear amplifier gain, which may be beneficial for hearing in noise. Additionally, measurement of the MOCR may be diagnostically useful in the audiology clinic. The MOCR can be measured as the change in transient-evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) amplitude without versus with contralateral acoustic stimulation (CAS). However, CAS can activate the middle-ear muscle reflex (MEMR) which can confound the MOCR results. MEMR activation has been assessed using changes in TEOAE stimulus amplitude without versus with CAS. As an initial investigation, the current study compared detection of MEMR activation using changes in TEOAE stimulus amplitude to changes in wideband absorbance. Methods: In 26 normal-hearing participants, the MEMR was measured as the change in absorbance and as the change in TEOAE stimulus amplitude without and with CAS. Percentile critical differences were developed from the test-retest measurements. Measures of agreement between MEMR detection methods were computed. Results: CAS resulted in a larger number of participants exceeding the 95th percentile critical difference for absorbance compared to TEOAE stimulus amplitude (22 versus 1). Agreement between methods was low. Conclusion: Initial results indicated that MEMR was detectable in a larger number of participants when using absorbance compared to TEOAE stimulus amplitude. However, future work could better equate the two methods and include measurement of MEMR thresholds to determine optimal methods for detecting MEMR activation during MOCR assessments.
KW - Acoustic reflex
KW - OAE
KW - contralateral suppression
KW - medial olivocochlear reflex
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U2 - 10.1080/21695717.2022.2083872
DO - 10.1080/21695717.2022.2083872
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85131517295
SN - 2169-5717
VL - 20
SP - 272
EP - 278
JO - Hearing, Balance and Communication
JF - Hearing, Balance and Communication
IS - 4
ER -