Influence of Contralateral Stimulation on Temporal Auditory Summation
- 1 January 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Audiology
- Vol. 1 (2) , 71-75
- https://doi.org/10.3109/01050397209076266
Abstract
Temporal auditory summation was investigated in 30 normally hearing subjects by means of tone pulses of 10 and 500 milliseconds' duration at frequencies of 500, 1000 and 4000 cps. Stimulation of the non-test ear with 80 dB SPL narrow band noise (centered on the tested frequency) was found to disturb the duration-intensity function for threshold in a way similar to that observed in Organ-of-Corti-type hearing loss. In view of previously published observations as to the effect of contralateral masking on differential intensity sensitivity and continuous tone Békésy tracings, it is tempting to interpret also the present findings in terms of adaptation. The results obtained in normal listeners with psycho-acoustic diagnostic tests during continuous contralateral noise stimulation often bear resemblance to the results obtained in subjects with cochlear dysfunction, it is concluded. Den Temporale Auditive Summation er undersøgt hos 30 normalthørende, idet tœrsklen blev bestemt for toner af 10 millisekunders og for toner af 500 millisekunders varighed på frekvenserne 500, 1000 og 4000 Hz. Under kontinuerlig stimulation af det ikke undersøgte øre med 80 dB SPL smalbåndsstøj (centreret omkring den undersøgte frekvens) påvirkedes den tidsmœssige summationsproces. En forøgelse af tonernes varighed resulterede ikke lœngere i den samme forbedring af høretœrsklen. En lignende, om end ofte betydelig mere udtalt, reduktion af ørets evne til at opsummere loudness ses hos patienter med hørenedsœttelse af kokleœr type. De af os tidligere publicerede iagttagelser m. h. t. effekten af kontralateral maskering på differenslimen for intensitet og på Békésy-kurvernes takkehøjde kan formentlig forklares ved œndringer i den akustiske adaptation. Det er nœrliggende at forklare også de nuvœrende fund som adaptative forandringer. Det konkluderes, at resultaterne hos normalthørende for nogle gœngse psykoakustiske diagnostiske prøver under modsidig støjstimulation œndres, så de kommer til at ligne resultaterne fra patienter med kokleœr lidelse.Keywords
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