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ERIC Number: EJ1112311
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Aug
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1092-4388
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Wideband Acoustic Immittance: Normative Study and Test-Retest Reliability of Tympanometric Measurements in Adults
Sun, Xiao-Ming
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v59 n4 p819-834 Aug 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to present normative data of tympanometric measurements of wideband acoustic immittance and to characterize wideband tympanograms. Method: Data were collected in 84 young adults with strictly defined normal hearing and middle ear status. Energy absorbance (EA) was measured using clicks for 1/12-octave frequencies (0.236 to 8 kHz), with the ear canal air pressure systematically varied (+200 to -300 daPa). In 40 ears, 7 consecutive trials and a trial of clinical 226-Hz acoustic admittance (Y[subscript a]) tympanometry followed. A cavity test was also conducted. Results: From the wideband EA tympanogram, several EA spectrums and EA tympanograms were derived. Descriptive statistics were performed, and population parameters were estimated. The immediate test-retest reliability was excellent. Effects of ear canal air pressure on EA were examined comprehensively. Differences in EA between tympanometric and ambient-pressure measurements were significant. Single-frequency EA tympanograms exemplified for half-octave frequencies were contrasted. The bandpass EA tympanogram, 0.236- and 1-kHz EA and Y[subscript a] tympanograms, and 226-Hz Y[subscript a] tympanogram were compared in 9 variables. Conclusions: This study established a database of wideband tympanograms in healthy adults. The data analyses will promote our understanding of the middle ear transfer function. These data will serve as a reference for further studies in clinical populations.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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