Forward vs Reversed Bekesy Tracings

1 May 1970

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery

Vol. 91 (5) , 449-452
https://doi.org/10.1001/archotol.1970.00770040643010

Abstract

Sixteen normal ears and 231 ears with sensorineural deafness were studied by forward and reverse sweep continuous-tone Bekesy audiometry. In normal ears, the tracings overlapped and this was also generally true in clinical material for cochlear deafness with loudness recruitment and slight-tone (less than 30 db) decay. Abnormal tracings were seen more frequently in cases with lesions in the brain-base area including the auditory nerve and cerebellum. Poor reverse tracings were associated with a part of the cases with abnormally high-tone decay and incomplete or absent loudness recruitment.

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