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Graf L, Arnold A, Blache S, Honegger F, Müller-Gerbl M, Stieger C. Effect of freezing and embalming of human cadaveric whole head specimens on bone conduction. Hear Res 2023; 429:108700. [PMID: 36680872 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2023.108700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Revised: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Conserved specimens do not decay and therefore permit long-term experiments thereby overcoming limited access to fresh (frozen) temporal bones for studies on middle ear mechanics. We used a Thiel conservation method which is mainly based on a watery solution of salts. In contrast to pure Formalin, Thiel conservation aims to preserve the mechanical proprieties of human tissue. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of Thiel conservation on bone conduction in the same specimen before and after conservation. METHODS Nine ears of five defrosted whole heads were stimulated with a direct, electrically driven, bone anchored hearing system (Baha, Baha SuperPower). The motion produced by bone conduction stimulation was measured with a single point laser Doppler vibrometer (LDV) at the promontory, the ossicular chain, and the round window through a posterior tympanotomy. After the initial experiments, the entire whole heads were placed in Thiel solution. In order to enable direct comparison between fresh frozen and Thiel specimens, our Thiel conservation did not include intravascular and intrathecal perfusion. The measurements were repeated 3 and 12 months later. To determine the effect of freezing, defrosting, and embalming on the whole heads, CT scans were performed at different stages of the experimental procedure. Additionally, three extracted temporal bones were stimulated a Baha, motion of the promontory measured by LDV and embalmed in Thiel solution to investigate the direct impact of Thiel solution on the bone. RESULTS The averaged magnitude of motion on the promontory increased in whole head specimens by a mean of 10.3 dB after 3 months of Thiel embalming and stayed stable after 12 months. A similar effect was observed for motion at the tympanic membrane (+7.2 dB), the stapes (+9.5 dB), and the round window (+4.0 dB). In contrast to the whole head specimens, the motion of the extracted temporal bones did not change after 3 months of Thiel embalming (-0.04 dB in average). CT scans of the whole heads after conservation showed a notable brain volume loss mostly >50% as well as a remarkable change in the consistency and structure of the brain. Partial changes could already be observed before the Thiel embalming but after 1-2 days of defrosting. In an additional experiment, a substitution of brain mass and weight by Thiel fluid did not lead to new deterioration in sound transmission. In contrast, a frozen (non-defrosted) whole head showed a distinctively reduced magnitude of promontory motion before defrosting. DISCUSSION For our setup, the vibration of the ear due to bone conduction in the same whole head specimens significantly increased after Thiel conservation. Such an increase was not observed in extracted temporal bone specimens. Due to brain changes in the CT scans, we investigated the consequences of the brain volume changes and structure loss on the frozen brain before defrosting. The loss of brain volume alone could not explain the increase of ear vibrations, as we did not observe a difference when the volume was replaced with Thiel fluid. However, freezing and defrosting of the entire brain seems to have a major influence. Beside the destructive effect of freezing on the brain, the modified conservation method without perfusion changed the brain structure. In conclusion, bone conduction in whole heads depends on the physical condition of the brain, rather than on the conservation.
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- Lukas Graf
- Department of ORL, University Hospital Basel, Hebelstrasse 10, Basel CH-4031, Switzerland
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- Department of ORL, Spital Münsingen, Inselspital Bern and University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Anatomy, University of Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of ORL, University Hospital Basel, Hebelstrasse 10, Basel CH-4031, Switzerland
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- Department of ORL, University Hospital Basel, Hebelstrasse 10, Basel CH-4031, Switzerland.
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Surendran S, Prodanovic S, Stenfelt S. Hearing Through Bone Conduction Headsets. Trends Hear 2023; 27:23312165231168741. [PMID: 37083055 PMCID: PMC10126703 DOI: 10.1177/23312165231168741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/22/2023] Open
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Bone conduction (BC) stimulation has mainly been used for clinical hearing assessment and hearing aids where stimulation is applied at the mastoid behind the ear. Recently, BC has become popular for communication headsets where the stimulation position often is close to the anterior part of the ear canal opening. The BC sound transmission for this stimulation position is here investigated in 21 participants by ear canal sound pressure measurements and hearing threshold assessment as well as simulations in the LiUHead. The results indicated that a stimulation position close to the ear canal opening improves the sensitivity for BC sound by around 20 dB but by up to 40 dB at some frequencies. The transcranial transmission ranges typically between -40 and -25 dB. This decreased transcranial transmission facilitates saliency of binaural cues and implies that BC headsets are suitable for virtual and augmented reality applications. The findings suggest that with BC stimulation close to the ear canal opening, the sound pressure in the ear canal dominates the perception of BC sound. With this stimulation, the ear canal pathway was estimated to be around 25 dB greater than other contributors, like skull bone vibrations, for hearing BC sound in a healthy ear. This increased contribution from the ear canal sound pressure to BC hearing means that a position close to the ear canal is not appropriate for clinical use since, in such case, a conductive hearing loss affects BC and air conduction thresholds by a similar amount.
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- Sudeep Surendran
- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Wang J, Wei X, Zhang Y, Koike T, Lee S, Li Y, Zhao F. Exploring Mechanisms Underlying Unexplained Air-Bone Gaps Post-Myringoplasty: Temporal Bone Model and Finite Element Analysis. EAR, NOSE & THROAT JOURNAL 2022:1455613221120371. [PMID: 35999674 DOI: 10.1177/01455613221120371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Air-bone gap (ABG) is an essential indicator of middle ear transfer function after myringoplasty. However, there is still uncertainty about the mechanisms behind unexplained ABGs in patients post-myringoplasty. The present study investigated these mechanisms using cadaveric temporal bone (TB) measurement and finite element (FE) modeling. METHODS Three conditions of tympanic membrane (TM) perforation were modeled with a perforated area of 6%, 24%, and 50% of the total TM area to simulate a small, medium, or large TM perforation of TB model. A piece of paper was used to patch the TM perforation to simulate the situation post-myringoplasty. In the FE model for post-operation, the material properties at the perforation area were changed. Measurement of TM vibration at the umbo was undertaken with a laser Doppler vibrometer (LDV). RESULTS As the perforated area increased vibration of the TM at the umbo decreased in both the TB and FE models. But the reduction of TM vibration is more minor in the FE model than in the TB model. After the perforation was repaired, the displacement of TM at the umbo could not be recovered totally in the TB and FE models. In the FE model, the displacement of TM at the umbo decreased markedly when the cone shape of TM flattened, and the reduction was almost the same as that in the TB model in the condition of large perforation. CONCLUSION The material properties and the anatomical shape of the repaired TM could influence the TM's modal motion and wave motion. Except for appearance and shape current clinical instruments are unable to resolve factors that affect TM motion. Consequently the ABG seen post-myringoplasty remains unexplained.
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- Jie Wang
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ministry of Education, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Audiology Technology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ministry of Education, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 263 Clinical Department of the Army General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Information and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Information and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ministry of Education, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Centre for Speech and Language Therapy and Hearing Science, Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff, UK
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Stenfelt S, Prodanovic S. Simulation of soft tissue stimulation – Indication of a skull bone vibration mechanism in bone conduction hearing. Hear Res 2022; 418:108471. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2022.108471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2022] [Revised: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The outer ear pathway during hearing by bone conduction. Hear Res 2021; 421:108388. [PMID: 34776273 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2021.108388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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There have been conflicting reports in the literature about the importance of the induced ear canal sound pressure for the perception of bone-conducted (BC) sound. Here we investigated this by comparing the ear canal sound pressure at threshold for air-conducted (AC) and BC stimulation. Twenty-one adults with subjectively normal hearing function participated. They were tested for their hearing thresholds in the frequency range 250 Hz to 12.5 kHz with AC and BC stimulation and the ear canal sound pressure within 5 mm of the eardrum was obtained with probe tube microphones. Contralateral masking used with BC stimulation shifted the hearing threshold by 5 to 10 dB due to central masking effects. When the ear canal sound pressures at threshold were investigated, the results indicate that the ear canal component for hearing BC sound is around 10 dB below other contributors at frequencies below 2 kHz and similar to other important contributors at frequencies between 2 and 4 kHz. At frequencies above 4 kHz, the contribution from the ear canal sound pressure on BC hearing declines and was around 40 dB below other contributors at 12.5 kHz. The contribution of the ear canal sound pressure in the mid-frequency region is facilitated by the ear canal resonance occurring in this frequency area. The results were similar irrespective of stimulation position. The study also revealed problems estimating the force out of BC transducers caused by a shift in resonance frequency when the artificial mastoid impedance deviates from the impedance of human mastoids. The current study indicates that model predictions have underestimated the contribution from the ear canal sound pressure on BC hearing by around 10 dB.
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Vibration direction sensitivity of the cochlea with bone conduction stimulation in guinea pigs. Sci Rep 2021; 11:2855. [PMID: 33536482 PMCID: PMC7858597 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82268-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Sound and vibrations that cause the skull bone to vibrate can be heard as ordinary sounds and this is termed hearing by bone conduction (BC). Not all mechanisms that causes a skull vibration to result in BC hearing are known, and one such unknown is how the direction of the vibration influences BC hearing. This direction sensitivity was investigated by providing BC stimulation in five different directions at the vertex of the guinea pig skull. The hearing thresholds for BC stimulation was obtained in the frequency range of 2 to 20 kHz by measurements of compound action potential. During the stimulation by BC, the vibration of the cochlear promontory was measured with a three-dimensional laser Doppler vibrometer resulting in a set of unique three-dimensional velocity magnitude combinations for each threshold estimation. The sets of three-dimensional velocity magnitude at threshold were used to investigate nine different predictors of BC hearing based on cochlear promontory velocity magnitudes, six single direction (x, y and z directions in isolation, the normal to the stapes footplate, the oval to round window direction, and the cochlear base to apex direction), one linear combination of the three dimension velocity magnitudes, one square-rooted sum of the squared velocity magnitudes, and one sum of the weighted three dimensional velocity magnitudes based on a restricted minimum square error (MSE) estimation. The MSE gave the best predictions of the hearing threshold based on the cochlear promontory velocity magnitudes while using only a single direction gave the worst predictions of the hearing thresholds overall. According to the MSE estimation, at frequencies up to 8 kHz the vibration direction between the right and left side gave the greatest contribution to BC hearing in the guinea pig while at the highest frequencies measured, 16 and 20 kHz, the anteroposterior direction of the guinea pig head gave the greatest contribution.
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Dobrev I, Farahmandi TS, Röösli C. Experimental investigation of the effect of middle ear in bone conduction. Hear Res 2020; 395:108041. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2020.108041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Consequences of Mastoidectomy on Bone Conducted Sound Based on Simulations in a Whole Human Head. Otol Neurotol 2020; 41:e1158-e1166. [DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000002748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Jones HG, Greene NT, Ahroon WA. Human middle-ear muscles rarely contract in anticipation of acoustic impulses: Implications for hearing risk assessments. Hear Res 2018; 378:53-62. [PMID: 30538053 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2018.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Revised: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The current study addressed the existence of an anticipatory middle-ear muscle contraction (MEMC) as a protective mechanism found in recent damage-risk criteria for impulse noise exposure. Specifically, the experiments reported here tested instances when an exposed individual was aware of and could anticipate the arrival of an acoustic impulse. In order to detect MEMCs in human subjects, a laser-Doppler vibrometer (LDV) was used to measure tympanic membrane (TM) motion in response to a probe tone. Here we directly measured the time course and relative magnitude changes of TM velocity in response to an acoustic reflex-eliciting (i.e. MEMC eliciting) impulse in 59 subjects with clinically assessable MEMCs. After verifying the presence of the MEMC, we used a classical conditioning paradigm pairing reflex-eliciting acoustic impulses (unconditioned stimulus, UCS) with various preceding stimuli (conditioned stimulus, CS). Changes in the time-course of the MEMC following conditioning were considered evidence of MEMC conditioning, and any indication of an MEMC prior to the onset of the acoustic elicitor was considered an anticipatory response. Nine subjects did not produce a MEMC measurable via LDV. For those subjects with an observable MEMC (n = 50), 48 subjects (96%) did not show evidence of an anticipatory response after conditioning, whereas only 2 subjects (4%) did. These findings reveal that MEMCs are not readily conditioned in most individuals, suggesting that anticipatory MEMCs are not prevalent within the general population. The prevalence of anticipatory MEMCs does not appear to be sufficient to justify inclusion as a protective mechanism in auditory injury risk assessments.
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- Heath G Jones
- United States Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory, 6901 Farrel Road, Fort Rucker, AL, 36362, USA; Laulima Government Solutions, LLC, 12565 Research Parkway, Suite 300, Orlando, FL, 32826, USA.
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- United States Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory, 6901 Farrel Road, Fort Rucker, AL, 36362, USA; The Geneva Foundation, 917 Pacific Ave, Suite 600, Tacoma, WA, 98402, USA.
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- United States Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory, 6901 Farrel Road, Fort Rucker, AL, 36362, USA.
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Rigato C, Reinfeldt S, Håkansson B, Fredén Jansson KJ, Renvall E, Eeg-Olofsson M. Direct bone conduction stimulation: Ipsilateral effect of different transducer attachments in active transcutaneous devices. Hear Res 2018; 361:103-112. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2018.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2017] [Revised: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Wasson JD, Campbell L, Chambers S, Hampson A, Briggs RJS, O'Leary SJ. Effect of cochlear implantation on middle ear function: A three-month prospective study. Laryngoscope 2017; 128:1207-1212. [DOI: 10.1002/lary.26840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2017] [Revised: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Joseph D. Wasson
- Department of Otolaryngology; The University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital; East Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Otolaryngology; The University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital; East Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Otolaryngology; The University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital; East Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Otolaryngology; The University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital; East Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Otolaryngology; The University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital; East Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Otolaryngology; The University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital; East Melbourne Victoria Australia
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Mcleod RWJ, Culling JF. Measurements of inter-cochlear level and phase differences of bone-conducted sound. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2017; 141:3421. [PMID: 28599562 PMCID: PMC5441991 DOI: 10.1121/1.4983471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Revised: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Bone-anchored hearing aids are a widely used method of treating conductive hearing loss, but the benefit of bilateral implantation is limited due to interaural cross-talk. The present study measured the phase and level of pure tones reaching each cochlea from a single, mastoid placed bone transducer on normal hearing participants. In principle, the technique could be used to implement a cross-talk cancellation system in those with bilateral bone conductors. The phase and level of probe tones over two insert earphones was adjusted until they canceled sound from a bone transducer (i.e., resulting in perceived silence). Testing was performed in 50-Hz steps between 0.25 and 8 kHz. Probe phase and level results were used to calculate inter-cochlear level and phase differences. The inter-cochlear phase differences of the bone-conducted sound were similar for all three participants showing a relatively linear increase between 4 and 8 kHz. The attenuation characteristics were highly variable over the frequency range as well as between participants. This variability was thought to be related to differences in skull dynamics across the ears. Repeated measurements of cancellation phase and level of the same frequency produced good consistency across sessions from the same participant.
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- Robert W J Mcleod
- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Tower Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, United Kingdom
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- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Tower Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, United Kingdom
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Chordekar S, Adelman C, Sohmer H, Kishon-Rabin L. Soft tissue conduction as a possible contributor to the limited attenuation provided by hearing protection devices. Noise Health 2016; 18:274-279. [PMID: 27762257 PMCID: PMC5187656 DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.192476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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CONTEXT Damage to the auditory system by loud sounds can be avoided by hearing protection devices (HPDs) such as earmuffs, earplugs, or both for maximum attenuation. However, the attenuation can be limited by air conduction (AC) leakage around the earplugs and earmuffs by the occlusion effect (OE) and by skull vibrations initiating bone conduction (BC). AIMS To assess maximum attenuation by HPDs and possible flanking pathways to the inner ear. SUBJECTS AND METHODS AC attenuation and resulting thresholds were assessed using the real ear attenuation at threshold (REAT) procedure on 15 normal-hearing participants in four free-field conditions: (a) unprotected ears, (b) ears covered with earmuffs, (c) ears blocked with deeply inserted customized earplugs, and (d) ears blocked with both earplugs and earmuffs. BC thresholds were assessed with and without earplugs to assess the OE. RESULTS Addition of earmuffs to earplugs did not cause significantly greater attenuation than earplugs alone, confirming minimal AC leakage through the external meatus and the absence of the OE. Maximum REATs ranged between 40 and 46 dB, leading to thresholds of 46-54 dB HL. Furthermore, calculation of the acoustic impedance mismatch between air and bone predicted at least 60 dB attenuation of BC. CONCLUSION Results do not support the notion that skull vibrations (BC) contributed to the limited attenuation provided by traditional HPDs. An alternative explanation, supported by experimental evidence, suggests transmission of sound to inner ear via non-osseous pathways such as skin, soft tissues, and fluid. Because the acoustic impedance mismatch between air and soft tissues is smaller than that between air and bone, air-borne sounds would be transmitted to soft tissues more effectively than to bone, and therefore less attenuation is expected through soft tissue sound conduction. This can contribute to the limited attenuation provided by traditional HPDs. The present study has practical implications for hearing conservation protocols.
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- Shai Chordekar
- Department of Communication Disorders, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Speech & Hearing Center, Hebrew University School of Medicine - Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem; Department of Communication Disorders, Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Neurobiology (Physiology), Institute for Medical Research - Israel-Canada, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Communication Disorders, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Stenfelt S. Model predictions for bone conduction perception in the human. Hear Res 2016; 340:135-143. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2015.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2015] [Revised: 10/08/2015] [Accepted: 10/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lucieer F, Vonk P, Guinand N, Stokroos R, Kingma H, van de Berg R. Bilateral Vestibular Hypofunction: Insights in Etiologies, Clinical Subtypes, and Diagnostics. Front Neurol 2016; 7:26. [PMID: 26973594 PMCID: PMC4777732 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2016.00026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Objective To evaluate the different etiologies and clinical subtypes of bilateral vestibular hypofunction (BVH) and the value of diagnostic tools in the diagnostic process of BVH. Materials and methods A retrospective case review was performed on 154 patients diagnosed with BVH in a tertiary referral center, between 2013 and 2015. Inclusion criteria comprised (1) imbalance and/or oscillopsia during locomotion and (2) summated slow phase velocity of nystagmus of less than 20°/s during bithermal caloric tests. Results The definite etiology of BVH was determined in 47% of the cases and the probable etiology in 22%. In 31%, the etiology of BVH remained idiopathic. BVH resulted from more than 20 different etiologies. In the idiopathic group, the percentage of migraine was significantly higher compared to the non-idiopathic group (50 versus 11%, p < 0.001). Among all patients, 23.4% were known with autoimmune disorders in their medical history. All four clinical subtypes (recurrent vertigo with BVH, rapidly progressive BVH, slowly progressive BVH, and slowly progressive BVH with ataxia) were found in this population. Slowly progressive BVH with ataxia comprised only 4.5% of the cases. The head impulse test was abnormal in 94% of the cases. The torsion swing test was abnormal in 66%. Bilateral normal hearing to moderate hearing loss was found in 49%. Blood tests did not often contribute to the determination of the etiology of the disease. Abnormal cerebral imaging was found in 21 patients. Conclusion BVH is a heterogeneous condition with various etiologies and clinical characteristics. Migraine seems to play a significant role in idiopathic BVH and autoimmunity could be a modulating factor in the development of BVH. The distribution of etiologies of BVH probably depends on the clinical setting. In the diagnostic process of BVH, the routine use of some blood tests can be reconsidered and a low-threshold use of audiometry and cerebral imaging is advised. The torsion swing test is not the “gold standard” for diagnosing BVH due to its lack of sensitivity. Future diagnostic criteria of BVH should consist of standardized vestibular tests combined with a history that is congruent with the vestibular findings.
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- F Lucieer
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Balance Disorders, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University Medical Center, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience , Maastricht , Netherlands
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- Faculty of Health, Medicine and life Sciences, University of Maastricht , Maastricht , Netherlands
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- Service of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Geneva University Hospitals , Geneva , Switzerland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Balance Disorders, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University Medical Center, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience , Maastricht , Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Balance Disorders, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University Medical Center, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht, Netherlands; Faculty of Physics, Tomsk State Research University, Tomsk, Russian Federation
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Balance Disorders, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University Medical Center, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht, Netherlands; Faculty of Physics, Tomsk State Research University, Tomsk, Russian Federation
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Reflections on the role of a traveling wave along the basilar membrane in view of clinical and experimental findings. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2014; 272:531-5. [DOI: 10.1007/s00405-014-3045-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Accepted: 04/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Air, bone and soft tissue excitation of the cochlea in the presence of severe impediments to ossicle and window mobility. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2014; 272:853-860. [DOI: 10.1007/s00405-014-2887-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2013] [Accepted: 01/09/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Guignard J, Stieger C, Kompis M, Caversaccio M, Arnold A. Bone conduction in Thiel-embalmed cadaver heads. Hear Res 2013; 306:115-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2013.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2013] [Revised: 09/30/2013] [Accepted: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The Bonebridge: Preclinical evaluation of a new transcutaneously-activated bone anchored hearing device. Hear Res 2013; 301:93-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2013.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2012] [Revised: 01/31/2013] [Accepted: 02/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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