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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1996;39(5): 762-8. |
Auditory Thresholds of High-Frequency in Healthy Young Adults |
Joong Gahng Kim, MD, Dong Cheol Kim, MD, Byung Sung Ahn, MD, Chun Seok Oh, MD, Han Soo Chae, MD, and Tae Seon Ryu, MD |
Department of Otolaryngology, Keimyung University School of Medicine Deafness Research Instiute, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital Taegeu, Korea |
건강한 20대 청년에서 고주파음역의 청가역치 |
김중강 · 김동철 · 안병성 · 오춘석 · 채한수 · 류태선 |
계명대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실, 계명대학교 동산병원 난청연구소 |
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ABSTRACT |
Pure-tone threshold tasting at the frequency above 8 kHz offers special benefits and challenges. The major benefit is based on that cochlear pathology, resulting from ototoxic drugs or noise, may first be seen in threshold change above 8kHz. The major problem is signal calibration. The purpose of the present study is to estimate the high-frequency hearing threshold of healthy, young, male adults in twenties and to determine its clinical utility and reliability. The auditory thresholds of the thirty medical students were measured at 11 high-frequencies from 10kHz to 20kHz, using a newly developed high-frequency audiometer(Beltone 2000) and Senheiser HD 250 earphones. All subjects were screened at 25dB HL of conventional pure-tone average, and with normal tympanometry and with no history of significant hearing problem or ear diseases. The thirty normal hearing listeners(60 ears) were tested four times in each ear by one examiner. The average thresholds(dB SPL) were 25.44 at 10kHz, 29.83 at 11kHz, 33.82 at 12kHz, 38.81 at 13kHz, 44.42 at 14kHz, 58.33 at 15kHz,74.71 at 16kHz, 85.05 at 17kHz, 92.9 at 18kHz, 95.94 at 19kHz, and 104.7 at 20kHz. The standard deviation was from 7.6dB to 14.6dB SPL in the frequency region of 10-14kHz and from 17.7dB to 19.2dB in the frequency region of 15-18kHz while it was below 14dB in the frequency region of 19-20kHz. These normative data of high-frequency thresholds will be useful in assessing the cochlear pathology, as the method make it possible to have early detection of the sensorineural hearing loss related to ototoxic drugs or noise.
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Keywords:
High-frequency audiometryㆍAuditory thresholdsㆍYoung adults. |
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