Exam 2 Study Guide Flashcards
Will people with ANSD have robust OAEs?
Yes
But some lose them over time due to a compromised blood flow
Are OAEs a useful prediction of cochlear function?
Yes
Are OAEs useful for determining site of lesion?
Yes
Especially between sensory and neural
Are OAEs a test of hearing?
No
Peripheral hearing sensitivity is inferred from OAEs
Only tells us function of cochlear OHCs
Why are OAEs an almost direction measure of OHC function?
The middle ear function is also a factor
Are OAEs used in isolation for NBHS?
Yes
With the goal of distinguishing infants with normal or near-normal hearing from those who need further evaluation
In diagnostic cases, are OAEs used as a cross check?
Yes
What hearing loss can we miss with an OAE screening?
ANSD
Mild losses (remember OAE criteria)
Atypical configuration (for example low frequency losses or only HF losses)
Delayed onset or progressive losses
Neural and/or genetic IHC loss only (normal OHC) which are rare
What does dysfunction of some OHCs present as in an OAE?
Reduced OAE amplitude without affecting hearing sensitivity for pure tone signals at audiometric freq (can be different from OAE)
What patients will have abnormal OAEs but normal audiograms?
tinnitus
hazardous noise/music exposure
ototoxicity
vestibular pathology
What patients will have normal OAEs but abnormal audiograms?
Functional, non-organic, psychogenic hearing loss
central auditory nervous system dysfunction
VIIIth Nerve (neural) auditory dysfunction
Those with exclusively inner hair cell damage (e.g., carboplatin toxicity or genetic abnormality)
What amount of hearing loss are typically OAEs no longer seen?
Exceeding 25 to 35 dB
What are the 3 outcomes of OAEs?
Amplitude is normal (relative to an appropriate normative region),
Amplitude is abnormal (OAE is present but below normal limits), or
There is no evidence of reliable OAE activity above an acceptably low noise floor (Absent).
What is a pass for TEOAE?
Absolute emission greater than or equal to -10 dB SPL
SNR (relative value) greater than or equal to 3-5 dB (varies)
Reproducibility of 70% or greater
What is a pass for DPOAE?
Absolute emission greater than or equal to -10 dB SPL
SNR (relative value) greater than or equal to 6 dB (3-5 dB some)
Replicates
What is the role of the MOC and the efferent system?
Protection from acoustic trauma
Hearing in noise
Role in Attention
Role in Auditory Training
Does the OCB contain both crossed and uncrossed bundles?
Yes
Where do MOC fibers terminate?
At the based of the OHC
Where for the LOC fibers terminate?
On the dendrites of the auditory nerve fiber
What is responsible for suppressing OHC motility?
MOC
Does the presentation of a sound ipsi or contra to the ear that is having an OAE result in reduced OAE amplitudes?
Yes
Is sound-induced suppression normal?
Yes
Lack of suppression implies dysfunction of the efferent auditory system