Analysis of spontaneous and click-evoked otoacoustic emissions in newborns

Scand Audiol Suppl. 2001:(52):133-4. doi: 10.1080/010503901300007317.

Abstract

This paper addresses the quantitative investigation of the contribution of spontaneous (SOAE) to click-evoked (TEOAE) otoacoustic emissions in newborns. The hypothesis was that a weighted linear combination of the spontaneous peaks is strongly similar to the corresponding click-evoked emissions. After identification of the main spontaneous peaks for each subject, a best fit procedure was applied to find the amplitude and phase of each spontaneous tone in the weighted summation. The comparison of the weighted signal (SpTEOAE) with the actual click-evoked response (TEOAE) from the same subject was performed, obtaining correlation coefficient higher than 50% in more than 100 ears over 132.

MeSH terms

  • Factor Analysis, Statistical
  • Hearing Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Hearing Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Neonatal Screening*
  • Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous / physiology*
  • Time Factors