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A Comparison of Behavioral and Auditory Brainstem Response Measures of Conductive Hearing Loss in Humans

Hill, Evan M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1255724183

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2009, Master of Arts, University of Toledo, Psychology.
The auditory brainstem response (ABR) is an electrophysiological measure of hearing commonly used to detect hearing loss. Indeed, comparisons of ABR and behavioral thresholds have indicated that the two measures are, on average, highly correlated. However, recent research using rats has indicated that although the ABR may be correlated with behavioral measures of hearing, it does not reliably measure the degree of sensorineural threshold shift caused by exposure to loud sound. Considering these findings, the purpose of this study was to determine if the ABR can reliably estimate the degree of threshold shift caused by a conductive hearing loss. This was done by measuring the ABR and behavioral threshold shifts caused by placing an earplug in the ears of normal human observers. The results indicated that although the ABR was fairly accurate in estimating mean threshold shift for a group, it did not accurately estimate individual threshold shifts.
Henry Heffner (Committee Chair)
Rickye Heffner (Committee Member)
John Jasper (Committee Member)
35 p.
Psychology
ABR; Auditory Brainstem Response; Conductive Hearing Loss

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  • Hill, E. M. (2009). A Comparison of Behavioral and Auditory Brainstem Response Measures of Conductive Hearing Loss in Humans [Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1255724183

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hill, Evan. A Comparison of Behavioral and Auditory Brainstem Response Measures of Conductive Hearing Loss in Humans. 2009. University of Toledo, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1255724183.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hill, Evan. "A Comparison of Behavioral and Auditory Brainstem Response Measures of Conductive Hearing Loss in Humans." Master's thesis, University of Toledo, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1255724183

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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