A Hardware–Software Complex for Ipsilateral Measurements of the Acoustic Reflex Threshold

2021 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 586-595
Author(s):  
A. V. Bogomolov ◽  
S. P. Dragan ◽  
I. V. Olenina
2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-51
Author(s):  
Mee-Hye Park ◽  
Hyun-Woo Kyun ◽  
Boo-Eem Kim

1989 ◽  
Vol 86 (5) ◽  
pp. 1783-1789 ◽  
Author(s):  
John J. Jakimetz ◽  
Shlomo Silman ◽  
Maurice H. Miller ◽  
Carol Ann Silverman

1988 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Shimizu ◽  
Hugo W. Moser ◽  
Sakkubai Naidu

Auditory brain stem response, auditory sensitivity, speech discrimination function, acoustic reflex threshold, and reflex decay were studied in seven children with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), nine adults with adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN), one child with neonatal ALD, and two carriers of ALD. Significant auditory dysfunctions were found in only two patients; a retrocochlear type auditory disorder in one child with ALD, and a profound deafness in a child with neonatal ALD. None of the patients showed significant abnormality in acoustic reflex threshold and reflex decay except for one patient with ALD who showed a slightly elevated reflex threshold. All but two ALD patients showed significantly prolonged wave latencies and interwave intervals. The latency values revealed the highest incidence of abnormality in the I to III interval; this was followed by the III to V interval, then by wave I. Significantly, one child with asymptomatic ALD and both heterozygous female relatives showed abnormal ABRs, demonstrating the high sensitivity of ABR in detection of the existence of pathophysiological condition in subclinical or presymptomatic ALD.


2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-95
Author(s):  
Michele B. Emmer ◽  
Shlomo Silman

The utility of R. Keith’s (1977) method of screening for hearing sensitivity using the contralateral acoustic-reflex threshold (ART) for broad-band noise (BBN) was tested in persons with cerebral palsy (CP). Three groups of participants were included in this prospective study. The first group comprised 20 normal-hearing individuals without CP whose results were used as normative data. The second group comprised 16 participants with normal hearing and CP. The third group comprised 22 participants with sensorineural hearing loss and CP. The results of this study indicate that Keith’s screening method employing ART for BBN can be used successfully in a population with multiple handicaps where a quick, inexpensive, readily available, and accurate method is needed.


1999 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 303-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steen Ø Olsen ◽  
Arne N. Rasmussen ◽  
Lars H. Nielsen ◽  
Britt V. Borgkvist

2005 ◽  
Vol 117 (5) ◽  
pp. 3016-3027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Müller-Wehlau ◽  
Manfred Mauermann ◽  
Torsten Dau ◽  
Birger Kollmeier

1983 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley A. Gelfand ◽  
Neil Piper ◽  
Shlomo Silman

Multiple linear regression equations were derived to define the expected levels of acoustic reflex thresholds (ARTs) at 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz predictable from hearing levels as 500–4000 Hz in 646 ears. When the hearing level at the activator frequency is ⩽50 dB HL, ARTs tend to be best defined by a constant value of 86–90 dB HL with small adjustments due to the loss at the activator or higher frequencies. When the hearing level at the activator frequency is 55–90 dB HL, the ART is best predicted by a constant plus the degree of loss at that frequency plus the loss at 4000 Hz. These data present the clinician with empirically derived bases for determining the effects of other frequencies on a given ART. Application of these findings permits the clinician to apply known relationships in determining whether a particular ART is representative of those expected for normal and/or cochlear impaired ears, elevated or depressed, without having to rely on vague intuitions of such relationships. Clinical applications are discussed.


1980 ◽  
Vol 89 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 196-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georges E. Freyss ◽  
Yves Manac'H ◽  
Philippe P. Narcy ◽  
Michel G. Toupet

The comparative efficacy of tympanometry and the acoustic reflex (threshold and supraliminal amplitude) in predicting the presence of fluid in the middle ear was studied just before myringotomy in 50 children (99 ears) prior to adenoidectomy. Impedance audiometry was carried out under a general anesthetic (ketamine and nitrous oxide) in 60%, and without anesthesia in 40% of the cases. The comparative efficacy of this test was assessed using objective criteria which were independent of the cut-off point between normal and abnormal groups. The prediction efficacy of acoustic reflex threshold and amplitude (Youden's index = 0.58) was superior to that of tympanometry peak amplitude and pressure (Youden's indexes = 0.29 and 0.36). The efficacy of the gradient was 0.41. Modifications due to anesthesia were not statistically significant for the whole group, but temporary abolition of the acoustic reflex at the start of anesthesia is probably related to the high percentage of false positives noted when the acoustic reflex is used alone in patients given a general anesthetic.


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