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INFLUENCE OF HIGH NOISE EXPOSURE BACKGROUND ON ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND PERCEPTUAL MEASURES

Freyberg, Rachel M
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1556285455260392

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2019, Bachelor of Science (BS), Ohio University, Communication Sciences and Disorders.
People with high noise exposure are more at risk of developing a hearing loss. Some of these high-risk people have normal audiograms but have problems hearing in different environments, such as noisy restaurants. Cochlear synaptopathy is when there is specific damage to afferent auditory nerve synapses onto the inner hair cells. This loss is considered “hidden” because its inimical effects are often not evident on conventional hearing tests. This study aims to examine: 1) the extent that noise exposure history affects the amplitude of auditory brain response (ABR) wave I and 2) what the influence of noise exposure history has on speech in noise performance. A noise exposure questionnaire was given to people interested in participating. During session 1, otoscopy, tympanometry, a conventional hearing screening, a high-frequency hearing screening, the CNC word test, and the AzBio sentence test were done. During session 2, distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE) and ABR tests were done. The results showed that there was a significant difference in performance on the consonant-nucleus-consonant (CNC) word task and AzBio sentence task between the two noise exposure background (NEB) groups. There was not a significant correlation in the ABR results between the two NEB groups.
Li Xu (Advisor)
Nilesh Washnik (Advisor)
Chao-Yang Lee (Advisor)
58 p.
Audiology
Cochlear synaptopathy; auditory brainstem response; consonant-nucleus-consonant word recognition; AzBio sentence recognition

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  • Freyberg, R. M. (2019). INFLUENCE OF HIGH NOISE EXPOSURE BACKGROUND ON ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND PERCEPTUAL MEASURES [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1556285455260392

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Freyberg, Rachel. INFLUENCE OF HIGH NOISE EXPOSURE BACKGROUND ON ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND PERCEPTUAL MEASURES. 2019. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1556285455260392.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Freyberg, Rachel. "INFLUENCE OF HIGH NOISE EXPOSURE BACKGROUND ON ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND PERCEPTUAL MEASURES." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1556285455260392

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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