Effects of contralateral white noise on click-evoked emissions in normal and sensorineural ears: towards an exploration of the medial olivocochlear system

Audiology. 1992;31(1):1-7. doi: 10.3109/00206099209072897.

Abstract

The association between contralateral stimulation and evoked otoacoustic emissions (EOAEs) allows study of sound-evoked olivocochlear feedback and then of the medial olivocochlear system. A method allowing quantification of sound-evoked olivocochlear feedback is proposed. The feedback is present in almost all normal-hearing subjects, but with great interindividual variability. In sensorineural hearing loss, the feedback is present in 20 out of 21 subjects. One paradoxical clinical case is described with a unilateral increase of EOAE intensity during contralateral stimulation.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Acoustic Stimulation*
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Auditory Pathways / physiopathology
  • Auditory Perception / physiology
  • Cochlea / physiology
  • Ear / physiology*
  • Ear / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Functional Laterality / physiology*
  • Hearing / physiology*
  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / diagnosis*
  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Noise*
  • Pilot Projects