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  • Title: Influence of contralateral noise on distortion product latency in humans: is the medial olivocochlear efferent system involved?
    Author: Giraud AL, Wable J, Chays A, Collet L, Chéry-Croze S.
    Journal: J Acoust Soc Am; 1997 Oct; 102(4):2219-27. PubMed ID: 9348679.
    Abstract:
    To test the hypothesis of temporal modifications of cochlear responses when medial efferents are activated, otoacoustic emission latencies were estimated in 16 normal human subjects, in the presence and absence of a contralateral broadband noise, using measurements of the phase of the 2f1-f2 distortion product (group latency method). Significant decrease in the latency of lower frequency (0.8-2.7 kHz) emissions was found in the presence of increasing levels of contralateral sound, and this effect disappeared when the primary-tone levels increased to 60 dB SPL. To ensure that effects were not attributable to mechanisms involving middle ear structures, susceptible to activation by contralateral sound, latency measures were performed in seven subjects whose efferents were severed during a vestibular neurotomy and in two subjects with paralyzed stapedial muscle. Results in patients were compared to those obtained in three surgical control patients with intact efferent bundle, and in eight other normal subjects. All the subject groups exhibited a decrease in latency under contralateral sound except the patients with the severed efferent system who showed increased latencies.
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