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Original Article

Auditory Evoked Potentials and Audiological Foliow-Up of Subjects Developing Noise-Induced Permanent Threshold Shift

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Pages 498-508 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Three examinations, including cochlear microphonics (CM) to 99/s 1 -kHz tones and auditory brainstem evoked potentials (ABEP) to 10/s and 55/s clicks, as well as psychoacoustical tests, were performed on 31 normally hearing subjects, exposed to occupational noise for over a year. The results showed prolongation of the absolute latency of peaks I, III and V, without significant changes in interpeak latency differences (IPLD) or CM latency. The site affected by increasing stimulus rate, giving rise to increased IPLD, appears to be central rather than cochlear. The efficacy of increased stimulus rate in detecting noise-induced auditory changes was higher than that achieved applying the 10/s click rate.

Nous avons precédé à trois examens consecutifs sur 31 sujets audiométriquement normaux mais exposés au bruit depuis plus d'un an. Chaque examen comprend l'enregistrement du potentiel microphonique cochléaire (CM) et des reponses du tronc cerebral (ABEP) évoquées par des clics aux cadences de stimulation de 10/s et de 55/s. De měme, des tests psychoacoustiques ont été faits. Les résultats ont montré une prolongation des latences absolues des pics I, III et Vsans changement significatif dans les différences de latences inter-pics (IPLD) ou dans le CM. L'influence d'une augmentation de la cadence de stimulation paraiˇt d'origine centrale plutôt que cochléaire. On a observé que la cadence rapide était plus efficace pour détecter les changements auditifs causés par le bruit.

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