PROSPECTS FOR USING THE METHOD OF BREATHING NORMOXIC ARGON/OXYGEN GAS MIXTURE FOR PURPOSES OF NOISE OTOPROTECTION

Abstract

Effectiveness of inhaled normoxic argon/oxygen mixture was tested with participation of volunteers with good initial hearing prior to white noise exposure (preconditioning). Results of comprehensive audiometry including measurements of tone threshold, delayed evoked otoacoustic emissions, otoacoustic emissions at distortion-product frequencies and short-latency auditory evoked potentials attested to the benefit of this method of otoprotection.