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Evaluating auditory brainstem responses to different chirp stimuli at three levels of stimulation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20649217     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) are recorded in ten normal-hearing adults (20 ears) in response to a standard 100 micros click and five chirps having different durations (sweeping rates). The chirps are constructed from five versions of a power function model of the cochlear-neural delay that is based on derived-band ABR latencies from N=81 normal-hearing adults [Elberling, C., and Don, M. (2008). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 124, 3022-3037]. The click and the chirps have identical amplitude spectra and, in general, for each of the three stimulus levels 60, 40, and 20 dB nHL, the ABRs to the chirps are significantly larger than the ABRs to the click. However, the shorter chirps are the most efficient at higher levels of stimulation whereas the longer chirps are the most efficient at lower levels. It is suggested that two different mechanisms are responsible for these observed changes with stimulus level--(1) upward spread of excitation at higher levels, and (2) an increased change of the cochlear-neural delay with frequency at lower levels.
Authors:
Claus Elberling; Johannes Callø; Manuel Don
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America     Volume:  128     ISSN:  1520-8524     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Acoust. Soc. Am.     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-23     Completed Date:  2010-11-02     Revised Date:  2012-04-27    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503051     Medline TA:  J Acoust Soc Am     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  215-23     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
William Demant Holding A/S, Kongebakken 9, DK-2765 Smørum, Denmark. ce@demant.dk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acoustic Stimulation
Adult
Audiometry, Pure-Tone
Auditory Pathways / physiology*
Auditory Threshold
Brain Stem / physiology*
Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem*
Female
Humans
Male
Reaction Time
Time Factors
Young Adult
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
2R01DC003592/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; R01 DC003592-08/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS
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