The Usefulness of Sound-Field Auditory Steady State Response (SF ASSR): Comparison of Hearing Sensitivity and Typical ASSR

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-24
Author(s):  
Eun Sun Park ◽  
Junghwa Bahng ◽  
Hyo-Jeong Lee ◽  
Hyung-Jong Kim
2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 826-845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer B. Shinn ◽  
Frank E. Musiek

The auditory steady state response (ASSR) has recently gained attention with respect to estimates of hearing sensitivity and configuration of hearing loss. The present investigation compared behavioral thresholds to estimated ASSR thresholds in subjects with confirmed CANS lesions to determine if this population can be accurately evaluated with ASSR techniques. Comparisons were made between the experimental group and a normal control group matched for age and hearing sensitivity. ASSR thresholds were obtained for the carrier frequencies of 500 and 2000 Hz with a 46 Hz modulation rate and compared to behavioral thresholds. Within and between group comparisons were made. The control group demonstrated strong correlation between their behavioral and estimated ASSR thresholds which significantly contrasted the neurological group. Additionally, individuals with neurological impairment of the CANS exhibited elevated thresholds that were on average 24 dB greater at 2000 Hz than their behavioral thresholds. These results suggest that individuals with neurological insult may appear as hearing impaired or having greater hearing loss than is actually present. As a result, the ASSR may demonstrate the potential to assist in the detection of CANS dysfunction. Las respuestas auditivas de estado estable (ASSR) han ganado atención recientemente con respecto a la estimación de la sensibilidad auditiva y la configuración de la pérdida auditiva. La presente investigación comparó los umbrales conductuales con umbrales estimados por ASSR en sujetos con lesiones CANS confirmadas para determinar si esta población podía ser evaluada con exactitud por medio de técnicas de ASSR. Las comparaciones se realizaron entre el grupo experimental y un grupo control normal ordenados por edad y sensibilidad auditiva. Los umbrales de los ASSR se obtuvieron por medio de frecuencias portadoras de 500 y 2000 Hz, con una tasa de modulación de 46 Hz y se compararon con los umbrales conductuales. Se realizaron comparaciones entre los grupos y dentro de un mismo grupo. El grupo de control mostró una fuerte correlación entre sus umbrales conductuales y los estimados por ASSR, que contrastó significativamente con el grupo neurológico. Adicionalmente, los individuos con un trastorno neurológico de CANS exhibieron umbrales elevados que fueron en promedio 24 dB más alto en 2000 Hz que sus umbrales conductuales. Estos resultados sugieren que los individuos con alteraciones neurológicas pueden lucir como alterados auditivamente o teniendo una pérdida auditiva mayor de la realidad. Como resultados, los ASSR puede demostrar el potencial para ayudar en la detección de la disfunción por CANS.


2021 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 233121652110311
Author(s):  
Sam Watson ◽  
Søren Laugesen ◽  
Bastian Epp

An aided sound-field auditory steady-state response (ASSR) has the potential to be used to objectively validate hearing-aid (HA) fittings in clinics. Each aided ear should ideally be tested independently, but it is suspected that binaural testing may be used by clinics to reduce test time. This study simulates dichotic ASSR sound-field conditions to examine the risk of making false judgments due to unchecked binaural effects. Unaided ASSRs were recorded with a clinical two-channel electroencephalography (EEG) system for 15 normal hearing subjects using a three-band CE-Chirp® stimulus. It was found that the noise corrected power of a response harmonic can be suppressed by up to 10 dB by introducing large interaural time differences equal to half the time period of the stimulus envelope, which may occur in unilateral HA users. These large interaural time differences also changed the expression of ASSR power across the scalp, resulting in dramatically altered topographies. This would lead to considerably lower measured response power and possibly nondetections, evidencing that even well fit HAs are fit poorly (false referral), whereas monaural ASSR tests would pass. No effect was found for simulated lateralizations of the stimulus, which is beneficial for a proposed aided ASSR approach. Full-scalp ASSR recordings match previously found 40 Hz topographies but demonstrate suppression of cortical ASSR sources when using stimuli in interaural envelope antiphase.


2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Hernández-Pérez ◽  
A. Torres-Fortuny

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