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J Am Acad Audiol 1999; 10(07): 371-378
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1748509
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Attention Effects on Distortion-Product Otoacoustic Emissions with Contralateral Speech Stimuli

Genaya Kae Timpe-Syverson
Towson University Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, Towson, Maryland
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T. Newell Decker
Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
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Abstract

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 for both the noise and speech conditions was found. However, there was no support for an auditory selective attention effect on the distortion-product amplitude.

Abbreviations: ABR = auditory brainstem response, ANOVA = analysis of variance, DPOAEs = distortion-product otoacoustic emissions, IHC = inner hair cell, MES = medial efferent system, OAEs = otoacoustic emissions, OCB = olivochlear bundle, OHC = outer hair cell, SOAEs = spontaneous otoacoustic emissions, TEOAEs = transient evoked otoacoustic emissions

Key Words

Attention - contralateral speech - contralateral suppression - distortion-product otoacoustic emissions


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02 May 2022

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