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Characterizing distortion-product otoacoustic emission components across four species.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21568412     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Distortion-product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) were measured as level/phase (L/P) maps in humans, rabbits, chinchillas, and rats with and without an interference tone (IT) placed either near the 2f(1)-f(2) DPOAE frequency place (f(dp)) or at one-third of an octave above the f(2) primary tone (1/3-oct IT). Vector differences between with and without IT conditions were computed to derive a residual composed of the DPOAE components removed by the IT. In humans, a DPOAE component could be extracted with the expected steep phase gradient indicative of reflection emissions by ITs near f(dp). In the laboratory species, ITs near f(dp) failed to produce any conclusive evidence for reflection components. For all species, 1/3-oct ITs extracted large DPOAE components presumably generated at or basal to the IT-frequency place that exhibited both distortion- and reflection-like phase properties. Together, these findings suggested that basal distortion components could assume reflection-like phase behavior when the assumptions of cochlear-scaling symmetry, the basis for shallow phase gradients for constant f(2)/f(1) ratio sweeps, are violated. The present results contradict the common belief that DPOAE components associated with steep or shallow phase slopes are unique signatures for reflection emissions arising from f(dp) or distortion emissions generated near f(2), respectively.
Authors:
Glen K Martin; Barden B Stagner; You Sun Chung; Brenda L Lonsbury-Martin
Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America     Volume:  129     ISSN:  1520-8524     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Acoust. Soc. Am.     Publication Date:  2011 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-05-16     Completed Date:  2011-09-12     Revised Date:  2012-05-01    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503051     Medline TA:  J Acoust Soc Am     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  3090-103     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Research Service, VA Loma Linda Healthcare System and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California 92357, USA. glen.martin2@va.gov
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Chinchilla / physiology*
Ear Canal
Female
Humans
Male
Manometry
Nonlinear Dynamics
Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous / physiology*
Perceptual Distortion / physiology*
Pressure
Rabbits / physiology*
Rats / physiology*
Species Specificity
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
DC000613/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; R01 DC000613-24/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS

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