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  • Title: Pure-tone masking profiles for human auditory brainstem and middle latency responses to 500-Hz tones.
    Author: Wu C, Stapells DR.
    Journal: Hear Res; 1994 Aug; 78(2):169-74. PubMed ID: 7982809.
    Abstract:
    A simultaneous masking paradigm was used to determine the frequency selectivity of human auditory brainstem (ABR) and middle latency (MLR) responses to 60 dB pe SPL 500-Hz probe tones in 12 normal adults. Masking profiles for simultaneous recordings of the ABR and MLR were obtained in the presence of pure-tone maskers presented at 60- and 70-dB SPL. Results show sharp amplitude profiles with maximum reduction in amplitude seen using the 500-Hz maskers. There were no significant differences in the masking profiles for the ABR and MLR waves to the 500-Hz probe tones. An additional measure of frequency selectivity, bandwidth at 50% reduction in amplitude (W50), also demonstrated no significant difference between the ABR and MLR waves. In summary, the results of this study and those of an earlier study (Mackersie et al., 1993) suggest no significant difference in the frequency selectivity of the ABR and MLR to low-intensity (60 dB pe SPL) 500- and 2000-Hz tones.
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