{"title":"Acoustic admittance of the ear in the geriatric person.","authors":"I Blood, H J Greenberg","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effects of age on acoustic admittance in a geriatric population were investigated in persons ranging in age from 50 to beyond 70 years. The results demonstrated a significant decrease in admittance for the 70-year-old group, with the change being primarily attributable to a decrease in susceptance. Women consistently demonstrated lower admittance than men. The data obtained suggest that different norms for static admittance be applied to persons above 70 years of age.</p>","PeriodicalId":76026,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Audiology Society","volume":"2 5","pages":"185-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12038443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Word discrimination in the presence of competing speech with children.","authors":"G D Chermak, B Zielonko","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study was conducted to examine the auditory masking effects of classes of linguistic strings varying in syntactic and semantic constraints upon word discrimination abilities of children. Twelve fourth grade (age 9), normal hearing, native speakers of English served as subjects. Three half-lists of the Central Institute for the Deaf W-22 word lists were presented consecutively with one of three competing linguistic messages. Discrimination scores served as measures. A treatment-by-subject analysis of variance and t-tests for independent samples were used in the analysis of the data. No significant differences in word discrimination as a function of linguistic masker were found. Comparisons between the data obtained with the children of the present study and that of adult subjects of a similar investigation (Percept. Mot. Skills 41, 578-593, 1975) indicated no significant difference in mean discrimination scores under the grammatical and semantically anomalous conditions; however, significance was found for the ungrammatical masker. Selective listening and language processing were used in the discussion of the findings</p>","PeriodicalId":76026,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Audiology Society","volume":"2 5","pages":"188-92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12041871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Occlusion effect in bone conduction pure tone and speech audiometry.","authors":"B J Edgerton, D A Klodd","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two experiments were conducted to determine the occlusion effect (OE) for pure tone and spondee stimuli. Results of experiment I using mastoid placement and unilateral occlusion yielded a mean OE for bone conduction speech reception thresholds of 4.67 dB, which was in agreement with the average OEs of 0.50, 1.0 and 2.0 kHz, or simply the same as the OE for 1.0 kHz. However, the magnitude of the observed OEs for test frequencies of 0.25 to 4.0 kHz was considerably less than the OEs reported in previous investigations. In an attempt to explain this discrepancy, experiment II used unilateral and bilateral occlusion with mastoid and forehead placement for pure tone stimuli. Significant differences (p less than 0.05) were found between OEs obtained with mastoid versus forehead placement and for unilateral versus bilateral occlusion.</p>","PeriodicalId":76026,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Audiology Society","volume":"2 4","pages":"151-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12029898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of ethyl alcohol on the acoustic reflex threshold.","authors":"E N Cohill, H J Greenberg","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acoustic reflex thresholds for pure tones and white nose were measured every 20 min for 4 hr after the ingestion of ethyl alcohol. The average maximum acoustic reflex threshold shift was 11 dB, occurring on the average at 100 min, and returning to base-line levesl at approximately 200 min postingestion. These data lend support to the classification of ethyl alcohol as a sedative, and should caution the clinician when interpreting acoustic reflex threshold data from persons who have ingested small amounts of alcohol.</p>","PeriodicalId":76026,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Audiology Society","volume":"2 4","pages":"121-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12032022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Eustachian tube anatomy and physiology.","authors":"J Holmquist","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76026,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Audiology Society","volume":"2 4","pages":"115-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12032025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Periodicity pitch perception of retarded children.","authors":"P A Waryas, J F Brandt","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In order to expand the body of information concerning auditory function in the presence of the generalized cortical dysfunction associated with severe mental retardation, the discrimination of periodicity pitch signals by nonverbal severely retarded children and adults of normal intelligence was examined using an operant conditioning adaptation of the psychophysical method of constant stimulus differences. The periodicity pitch difference limens (DLs) based on changes in repetition rate were compared with frequency DLs obtained from low (150 Hz) and high frequency (2200 Hz) sinusoids. Periodicity pitch signals were generated by gating a 2200-Hz sinusoid over a range from 141 to 159 pulses per sec and passing the signals through a narrow band-pass filter to ensure no low frequency energy was present. The DLs (75% correct discriminations) were computed from the three types of discrimination performance curves. Standard errors of the means were small and retarded subjects showed good test-retest reliability. The results indicated that the simple and complex pitch discrimination abilities for both normal and retarded subjects were similar.</p>","PeriodicalId":76026,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Audiology Society","volume":"2 4","pages":"142-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12029895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Attemps to relieve tinnitus.","authors":"J Vernon","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The major effect here has been to present two forms of treatment which have provided relief of tinnitus for some patients. Use of a properly fitted hearing aid relieves tinnitus when that tinnitus is embedded within the frequency region of the hearing loss. When the use of a hearing aid is counterindicated, then use of the tinnitus masker can bring relief for certain kinds of tinnitus. At present the only tinnitus masker available presents a band of noise of moderate frequencies, and it is capable of relieving tinnitus in that frequency region or near it. When masking of tinnitus is effective it produces a suppresion of the tinnitus which extends beyond the duration of the masker. This is termed residual inhibition, a matter about which we need to know a great deal more. For tinnitus which is intractable to medical treatment it has become a practice to instruct the patient that he must learn to live with his affliction. It is hoped that this presentation will cast doubt upon that view, for it can be seen that there are many tinnitus sufferers for whom much can be done.</p>","PeriodicalId":76026,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Audiology Society","volume":"2 4","pages":"124-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12032024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reliability of the Tillman-Olsen procedure for determination of spondee threshold using recorded and live voice presentations.","authors":"R C Beattie, P W Forrester, B K Ruby","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated the reliability of the Tillman-Olsen procedure for establishing the spondee threshold (ST). Monitored live voice (MLV) and the Auditec of St. Louis recordings of the Central Institute for the Deaf spondees were used as stimuli. Ninety-five percent of 96 normal hearing subjects had test-retest STs within 5 dB and no subject varied more than 8 dB. Although these results represent good short term reliability for the Tillman-Olsen procedure, repeatability is no better than that produced by other procedures. Thresholds obtained by MLV were as reliable as the recorded spondees. It was concluded that recorded spondees offer no advantages over MLV testing for the experienced clinician. The recorded presentation gave STs that are very close to the normative value for speech specified by ANSl-1969. Live voice testing showed STs 4.7 dB better than when the Auditec recordings were used.</p>","PeriodicalId":76026,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Audiology Society","volume":"2 4","pages":"159-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12029896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nonlinear distortion in hearing aids: the need for reevaluation of measurement philosophy and technique.","authors":"H C Schweitzer, G D Causey, M C Tolton","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Conventional pure-tone tests of harmonic distortion are of dubious sufficiency in expressing the nonlinear distortion (NLD) characteristics of hearing aids. This paper reviews the strategies and problems of intermodulation distortion. Spearman rank order correlations for a group of hearing aids varied widely as a result of changes in the selected frequency and/or level of input signal. Also, the reference criteria for expressing distortion was observed to contribute to the inconsistency of rank order impression. A technique is described which incorporated synthetic vowels as test signals. Hearing aid outputs were studied on a spectrum analyzer for evidence of NLD. It is argued that efforts should be directed at devising tests for hearing aids which are directed at comprehensive NLD including both harmonic distortion and intermodulation distortion.</p>","PeriodicalId":76026,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Audiology Society","volume":"2 4","pages":"132-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12032028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comments on the variability of SISI scores found by Fournier and Jirsa.","authors":"V W Byers","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76026,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Audiology Society","volume":"2 3","pages":"111-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12183228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}