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Spontaneous cochlear acoustic emissions and tinnitus. Clinical experience in the tinnitus patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2011

J. W. P. Hazell
J. W. P. Hazell
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Summary

The discovery of the presence of spontaneous mechanical activity within the cochlea has lead to speculation that this may be responsible for some forms of cochlear tinnitus. However, attempts in the present study, and also in other studies from the literature, to show a relationship between the measured spontaneous acoustical emissions in the external meatus and the subjective pitch matching of tonal tinnitus have not been very successful. In only two tinnitus patients out of 53 could an acoustic emission be detected which appeared to correlate with the subjective complaint.

A simple apparatus for the detection of acoustical emissions is described and the possible mechanisms for the generation of cochlear tinnitus are discussed.

Type
Session I. Mechanics of Tinnitus - Theory and Fact (Chairman: J. Vernon)
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 98 , supplement S9: Proceedings of the II International Tinnitus Seminar. New York, 10 and 11 June 1983 , June 1984 , pp. 106 - 110
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1984

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