ArticleThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America2017
Compensating for ear-canal acoustics when measuring otoacoustic emissions.
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- On the Sharpness of Auditory Filters: Considering Subclinical Deficits Reveals Sharper Otoacoustic Emission Estimates of Frequency Selectivity in Humans.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2025Article
- Comparison of Distortion-Product Otoacoustic Emissions Measured in the Same Subjects Using Four Commercial Systems.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The relationship between distortion product otoacoustic emissions and audiometric thresholds in the extended high-frequency range.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2025Article
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- Detection of mild sensory hearing loss using a joint reflection-distortion otoacoustic emission profile.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2024Article
- The relationship between distortion product otoacoustic emissions and audiometric thresholds in the extended high-frequency range.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Rethinking the clinical utility of distortion-product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) signal-to-noise ratio.International journal of audiology · 2024Article
- The influence of tympanic-membrane orientation on acoustic ear-canal quantities: A finite-element analysis.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2024Article
- Measurement of swept level distortion product otoacoustic emission growth functions at multiple frequencies simultaneously.JASA express letters · 2023Article
- Association between hearing sensitivity and dopamine transporter availability in Parkinson's disease.Brain communications · 2023Article
- Stimulus-frequency otoacoustic emissions and middle-ear pressure gains in a finite-element mouse model.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2022Article
- An off-the-shelf otoacoustic-emission probe for hearing screening via a smartphone.Nature biomedical engineering · 2022Article
- Characterizing the Relationship Between Reflection and Distortion Otoacoustic Emissions in Normal-Hearing Adults.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2022Article
- No Reduction in the 226-Hz Probe Tone Acoustic Reflex Amplitude Following Severe Inner Hair Cell Loss in Chinchillas.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2022Article
- Optimizing distortion product otoacoustic emission recordings in normal-hearing ears by adopting cochlear place-specific stimuli.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2022Article
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Abstract
Otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) provide an acoustic fingerprint of the inner ear, and changes in this fingerprint may indicate changes in cochlear function arising from efferent modulation, aging, noise trauma, and/or exposure to harmful agents. However, the reproducibility and diagnostic power of OAE measurements is compromised by the variable acoustics of the ear canal, in particular, by multiple reflections and the emergence of standing waves at relevant frequencies. Even when stimulus levels are controlled using methods that circumvent standing-wave problems (e.g., forward-pressure-level calibration), distortion-product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) levels vary with probe location by 10-15 dB near half-wave resonant frequencies. The method presented here estimates the initial outgoing OAE pressure wave at the eardrum from measurements of the conventional OAE, allowing one to separate the emitted OAE from the many reflections trapped in the ear canal. The emitted pressure level (EPL) represents the OAE level that would be recorded were the ear canal replaced by an infinite tube with no reflections. When DPOAEs are expressed using EPL, their variation with probe location decreases to the test-retest repeatability of measurements obtained at similar probe positions. EPL provides a powerful way to reduce the variability of OAE measurements and improve their ability to detect cochlear changes.
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