Stimulus-Frequency Otoacoustic Emission Suppression Tuning in Humans: Comparison to Behavioral Tuning

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• 作者：Karolina K. Charaziak (1)
  Pamela Souza (1)
  Jonathan H. Siegel (1)
  
• 关键词：frequency selectivity ; normal hearing ; psychophysical tuning curve
• 刊名：JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：December 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：14
• 期：6
• 页码：843-862
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• 作者单位：Karolina K. Charaziak (1)
  Pamela Souza (1)
  Jonathan H. Siegel (1)
  
  1. Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, School of Communication, 2240 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL, 602080-2952, USA
  
• ISSN：1438-7573

文摘

As shown by the work of Kemp and Chum in 1980, stimulus-frequency otoacoustic emission suppression tuning curves (SFOAE STCs) have potential to objectively estimate behaviorally measured tuning curves. To date, this potential has not been tested. This study aims to do so by comparing SFOAE STCs and behavioral measures of tuning (simultaneous masking psychophysical tuning curves, PTCs) in 10 normal-hearing listeners for frequency ranges centered around 1,000 and 4,000?Hz at low probe levels. Additionally, SFOAE STCs were collected for varying conditions (probe level and suppression criterion) to identify the optimal parameters for comparison with behavioral data and to evaluate how these conditions affect the features of SFOAE STCs. SFOAE STCs qualitatively resembled PTCs: they demonstrated band-pass characteristics and asymmetric shapes with steeper high-frequency sides than low, but unlike PTCs they were consistently tuned to frequencies just above the probe frequency. When averaged across subjects the shapes of SFOAE STCs and PTCs showed agreement for most recording conditions, suggesting that PTCs are predominantly shaped by the frequency-selective filtering and suppressive effects of the cochlea. Individual SFOAE STCs often demonstrated irregular shapes (e.g., ?ouble-tips?, particularly for the 1,000-Hz probe, which were not observed for the same subject? PTC. These results show the limited utility of SFOAE STCs to assess tuning in an individual. The irregularly shaped SFOAE STCs may be attributed to contributions from SFOAE sources distributed over a region of the basilar membrane extending beyond the probe characteristic place, as suggested by a repeatable pattern of SFOAE residual phase shifts observed in individual data.