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ArticleJournal of audiology & otology2020

Audiogram in Response to Stimulation Delivered to Fluid Applied to the External Meatus.

Miriam Geal-Dor, Shai Chordekar, Cahtia Adelman, Michal Kaufmann-Yehezkely, Haim Sohmer

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Article in Journal of audiology & otology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Miriam Geal-DorSpeech & Hearing Center, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Shai ChordekarSpeech & Hearing Center, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Cahtia AdelmanSpeech & Hearing Center, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Michal Kaufmann-YehezkelyDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Haim SohmerDepartment of Medical Neurobiology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
Hadassah Medical Center · ILHadassah Academic College · IL

Funding

Newman Fund for audiological research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesHearing can be elicited in response to vibratory stimuli delivered to fluid in the external auditory meatus. To obtain a complete audiogram in subjects with normal hearing in response to pure tone vibratory stimuli delivered to fluid applied to the external meatus. Subjects and.

methodsPure tone vibratory stimuli in the audiometric range from 0.25 to 6.0 kHz were delivered to fluid applied to the external meatus of eight participants with normal hearing (15 dB or better) using a rod attached to a standard clinical bone vibrator. The fluid thresholds obtained were compared to the air conduction (AC), bone conduction (BC; mastoid), and soft tissue conduction (STC; neck) thresholds in the same subjects.

resultsFluid stimulation thresholds were obtained at every frequency in each subject. The fluid and STC (neck) audiograms sloped down at higher frequencies, while the AC and BC audiograms were flat. It is likely that the fluid stimulation audiograms did not involve AC mechanisms or even, possibly, osseous BC mechanisms.

conclusionsThe thresholds elicited in response to the fluid in the meatus likely reflect a form of STC and may result from excitation of the inner ear by the vibrations induced in the fluid. The sloping fluid audiograms may reflect transmission pathways that are less effective at higher frequencies.

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AudiogramBone conductionFluidMeatusOsseous

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PMID32050749
PMCPMC7141993
OpenAlexW3006543137

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