In order to improve the quality of current TEOAE recording methodologies, we have conducted a comparison of TEOAE neonatal recordings acquired with linear protocols using click stimuli of 68 dB SPL and non-linear protocols using the ILO default stimulus values. From a theoretical standpoint it was expected that the linear recordings would generate responses characterized by higher S/N ratios due to the fact that the stimulus sequence contains four clicks of the same intensity and polarity. The project included recordings from 1,416 neonatal ears (age 48 h). The TEOAE data were compared in terms of correlation, response amplitude, noise, corrected response and S/N ratio in the 1.0-, 2.0-, 3.0-, 4.0- and 5.0-kHz bands, using a paired t-test criterion. We found that windowed (4-14 ms) responses evoked by a linear TEOAE protocol generated superior S/N estimates in the 2.0-, 3.0-, 4.0- and 5.0-kHz TEOAE bands, in addition to superior correlation estimates, and demonstrated lower levels of noise. Clear-cut scoring criteria were established for the S/N ratios at 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 kHz, by constructing one-sided distribution-free tolerance boundaries.

A TEOAE screening protocol based on linear click stimuli: Performance and scoring criteria

MARTINI, ALESSANDRO
1999

Abstract

In order to improve the quality of current TEOAE recording methodologies, we have conducted a comparison of TEOAE neonatal recordings acquired with linear protocols using click stimuli of 68 dB SPL and non-linear protocols using the ILO default stimulus values. From a theoretical standpoint it was expected that the linear recordings would generate responses characterized by higher S/N ratios due to the fact that the stimulus sequence contains four clicks of the same intensity and polarity. The project included recordings from 1,416 neonatal ears (age 48 h). The TEOAE data were compared in terms of correlation, response amplitude, noise, corrected response and S/N ratio in the 1.0-, 2.0-, 3.0-, 4.0- and 5.0-kHz bands, using a paired t-test criterion. We found that windowed (4-14 ms) responses evoked by a linear TEOAE protocol generated superior S/N estimates in the 2.0-, 3.0-, 4.0- and 5.0-kHz TEOAE bands, in addition to superior correlation estimates, and demonstrated lower levels of noise. Clear-cut scoring criteria were established for the S/N ratios at 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 kHz, by constructing one-sided distribution-free tolerance boundaries.
1999
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