Otoacoustic emissions, sounds generated in the inner ear, have become a convenient non-invasive tool to examine the efferent modulation of cochlear mechanics. Activation of the medial olivocochlear (MOC) efferents has been shown to alter the magnitude of these emissions. When the effects of efferent activation on the detailed spectral structures of these emissions have been examined, a shift of...

Although stimulus-frequency otoacoustic emissions (SFOAEs) offer compelling advantages as noninvasive probes of cochlear function, they remain underutilized compared to other evoked emission types, such as distortion-products (DPOAEs), whose measurement methods are less complex and time-consuming. Motivated by similar advances in the measurement of DPOAEs, this paper develops and characterizes ...

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The optimal intensity relation between the two primaries used to generate Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions (DPOAEs) in unimpaired human ears, over a clinically relevant intensity range, was evaluated using a commercially available clinical device. The ILO92 was used to determine the level of the DPOAE at 2f1-f2 for 16 combinations of primary levels in the range of 40 to 80 dB SPL from 4...

DPOAE (2f(1)-f(2)) phase was measured across a 3-octave frequency range from two groups of newborns using ER10B+ and ER10C probe microphones. A marked phase shift was noted in the mid-to-high frequency range for newborn data recorded with the ER10C only. In contrast, the ER10B+ produced phase that was approximately invariant as a function of frequency for most of the range. Probe-related phase ...

This study investigated the effect of selective attention on the distortion-product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) level through the use of environmentally meaningful, contralateral auditory stimuli. Four different conditions were used for measurement: quiet, contralateral noise, contralateral speech (unattended), and contralateral speech (attended). A statistically significant suppression effect...

Noise exposure was assessed in college students using dosimeters. Hearing sensitivity was measured using pure-tone thresholds and distortion product otoacoustic emissions. Results indicate music majors are exposed to higher levels of noise due to rehearsal compared to their non-music major peers.