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Relationships between acoustic reflex patterns elicited by unfiltered white noise and narrow band white noise stimuli of different duration but of the same intensity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Giovanni Rossi ,
Paolo Solero  and
M. Rolando
Giovanni Rossi*
Affiliation:
Turin, Italy
Paolo Solero
Affiliation:
Turin, Italy
M. Rolando
Affiliation:
Turin, Italy
*
Prof. Giovanni Rossi, Head, Department of Audiology, 3, via Genova, 10126 Torino(Italy).
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Abstract

For the purpose of this study, acoustic signals were generated by an Amplaid MK VI. An Amplaid 702 impedence meter was connected to its averaging section and to its computer. The stimuli were bursts of unfiltered white noise (UWN) and of narrow band white noise (NBWN; 30 db./oct/slope; central frequencies 1,000, 2,000, 4,000 Hz.) lasting 3–1,000 msec, at intensity of 105 db. SPL p.e. The following parameters were evaluated: stapedius contraction latency, amplitude, duration and recruitment time. It was found that latency was independent of the spectrum of the stimulus and its duration. Amplitude and recruitment time, on the other hand, were related to spectrum and duration, while duration of contraction was directly related to the duration of the stimulus only.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 99 , Issue 9 , September 1985 , pp. 857 - 863
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1985

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