scholarly journals Measurements of bone conduction auditory brainstem response with the new audiometric bone conduction transducer Radioear B81

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (8) ◽  
pp. 577-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumru Keceli ◽  
Stefan Stenfelt
Keyword(s):  
Auditory Brainstem Response ◽  
Bone Conduction ◽  
Auditory Brainstem ◽  
Brainstem Response

Normal Brief-Tone Bone-Conduction Behavioral Thresholds Using the B-71 Transducer: Three Occlusion Conditions

2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 556-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan A. Small ◽  
David R. Stapells
Keyword(s):  
Auditory Brainstem Response ◽  
Pure Tone ◽  
Bone Conduction ◽  
Auditory Brainstem ◽  
Behavioral Thresholds ◽  
Brainstem Response ◽  
Occlusion Effect ◽  
Response Testing ◽  
Brief Tones ◽  
Air Conduction

Behavioral thresholds were measured from 31 adults with normal hearing for 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz brief tones presented using a B-71 bone oscillator. Three occlusion conditions were assessed: ears unoccluded, one ear occluded, and both ears occluded. Mean threshold force levels were 67, 54, 49, and 41 dB re:1μN peak-to-peak equivalent in the unoccluded condition for 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz, respectively (corrected for air-conduction pure-tone thresholds). A significant occlusion effect was observed for 500 and 1000 Hz stimuli. These thresholds may be used as the 0 dB nHL (normalhearing level) for brief-tone bone-conduction stimuli for auditory brainstem response testing.

Intraoperative Estimation of the Coupling Efficiency and Clinical Outcomes of the Vibrant Soundbridge Active Middle Ear Implant Using Auditory Brainstem Response Measurements

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 553-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ute Geiger ◽  
Andreas Radeloff ◽  
Rudolf Hagen ◽  
Mario Cebulla
Keyword(s):  
Auditory Brainstem Response ◽  
Speech Intelligibility ◽  
Bone Conduction ◽  
Coupling Efficiency ◽  
Auditory Brainstem ◽  
Vibrant Soundbridge ◽  
Active Middle Ear Implant ◽  
Middle Ear Implant ◽  
Behavioral Thresholds ◽  
Brainstem Response

Purpose This study intraoperatively measured the coupling efficiency of the Vibrant Soundbridge (VSB), with the aim of avoiding revision surgery due to insufficient outcome. This method can also be used to test the integrity of the implant at the end of the implantation surgery and to evaluate aided thresholds. In addition, this method makes it possible to objectively test how well the VSB has been fitted, provide assistance in fitting handicapped patients or children, evaluate hearing degradation, or test for a drop in coupling efficiency before revision surgeries. In order to analyze the feasibility of these new VSB-aided auditory brainstem response (ABR) thresholds, they were compared to behavioral thresholds from the Vibrogram and the preoperative bone conduction thresholds. Method The study included 30 patients with mild-to-severe hearing loss implanted with a VSB (VORP503). Intraoperative ABR thresholds during the VSB implantation were recorded using a VSB-optimized chirp stimulus. The new method is compared to the bone conduction threshold of the study sample and the aided Vibrogram thresholds. Speech intelligibility results up to 24 months after surgery are also presented. Results A reliable correlation between the bone conduction thresholds and the intraoperative ABRs was found and was higher in comparison to the Vibrogram. Furthermore, speech intelligibility outcomes were stable over time. Conclusion ABR measurements can be used intraoperatively to estimate the coupling efficiency of the VSB and test the integrity of the implant at the end of surgery.

Auditory brainstem response in the lesser scaup, a species of diving duck

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara C. Therrien ◽  
Catherine E. Carr ◽  
Elizabeth F. Brittan-Powell ◽  
Alicia M. Wells-Berlin
Keyword(s):  
Auditory Brainstem Response ◽  
Auditory Brainstem ◽  
Diving Duck ◽  
Lesser Scaup ◽  
Brainstem Response
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