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Temporary hearing loss from exposure to moderately intense tones in rhesus monkeys.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7325307     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The amount and duration of temporary threshold shift produced by exposure to moderately loud sounds were quantitatively examined in rhesus monkeys using a simple, behavioral reaction-time procedure. Subjects were exposed to pure tones (100 dB SPL) either at the threshold test frequency or half an octave below (-1/2 OCT) the test frequency, usually for a duration of 3-minutes. Many features of the results were comparable to those observed in human subjects following exposure to similar sounds: (1) both the magnitude and the time course of recovery from the hearing loss were a function of the frequency and duration of the exposure stimulus with higher-frequency and longer-lasting stimuli producing greater threshold shifts and longer recovery time courses; (2) recovery time courses were monotonic and approximately exponential; (3) at low- and mid-frequency regions of hearing, intense stimulation at the test frequency and at -1/2 OCT produced similar threshold shifts and durations of recovery, while for high-frequency hearing -1/2 OCT stimuli always yielded greater losses and longer recovery periods; (4) although the peak hearing loss was either at , or a half octave above, the exposure frequency, the overall threshold-shift pattern was always assymmetrically distributed toward higher frequencies; (5) alterations in functions relating response latency to stimulus intensity were demonstrable. These psychophysical experiments form a framework that will permit further investigations into the physiologic basis of temporary threshold shift in an animal model highly similar to man.
Authors:
B L Lonsbury-Martin; G K Martin
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of otolaryngology     Volume:  2     ISSN:  0196-0709     ISO Abbreviation:  Am J Otolaryngol     Publication Date:  1981 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1982-03-26     Completed Date:  1982-03-26     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8000029     Medline TA:  Am J Otolaryngol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  321-35     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acoustic Stimulation / methods*
Animals
Behavior, Animal
Disease Models, Animal
Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / physiopathology*
Macaca mulatta
Remission, Spontaneous
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
NS05818/NS/NINDS NIH HHS; NS08181/NS/NINDS NIH HHS; RR00166/RR/NCRR NIH HHS

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