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New Method for Pure-Tone Audiometry Using Electrooculogram: A Proof-of-Concept Study
Precise and timely evaluation of an individual’s hearing loss plays an important role in determining appropriate treatment strategies, including medication and aural rehabilitation. However, currently available hearing assessment systems do not satisfy the need for an objective assessment tool with...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6264065/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30373280 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18113651 |
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author | Kim, Do Yeon Kwon, Jinuk Kim, Joo-Young Cha, Ho-Seung Kim, Yong-Wook Kim, In Young Im, Chang-Hwan |
author_facet | Kim, Do Yeon Kwon, Jinuk Kim, Joo-Young Cha, Ho-Seung Kim, Yong-Wook Kim, In Young Im, Chang-Hwan |
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description | Precise and timely evaluation of an individual’s hearing loss plays an important role in determining appropriate treatment strategies, including medication and aural rehabilitation. However, currently available hearing assessment systems do not satisfy the need for an objective assessment tool with a simple and non-invasive procedure. In this paper, we propose a new method for pure-tone audiometry, which may potentially be used to assess an individual’s hearing ability objectively and quantitatively, without need for the user’s active response. The proposed method is based on the auditory oculogyric reflex, where the eyes involuntary rotate towards the source of a sound, in response to spatially moving pure-tone audio stimuli modulated at specific frequencies and intensities. We quantitatively analyzed horizontal electrooculograms (EOG) recorded with a pair of electrodes under two conditions—when pure-tone stimuli were (1) “inaudible” or (2) “audible” to a participant. Preliminary experimental results showed significantly increased EOG amplitude in the audible condition compared to the inaudible condition for all ten healthy participants. This demonstrates potential use of the proposed method as a new non-invasive hearing assessment tool. |
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spelling | pubmed-62640652018-12-12 New Method for Pure-Tone Audiometry Using Electrooculogram: A Proof-of-Concept Study Kim, Do Yeon Kwon, Jinuk Kim, Joo-Young Cha, Ho-Seung Kim, Yong-Wook Kim, In Young Im, Chang-Hwan Sensors (Basel) Article Precise and timely evaluation of an individual’s hearing loss plays an important role in determining appropriate treatment strategies, including medication and aural rehabilitation. However, currently available hearing assessment systems do not satisfy the need for an objective assessment tool with a simple and non-invasive procedure. In this paper, we propose a new method for pure-tone audiometry, which may potentially be used to assess an individual’s hearing ability objectively and quantitatively, without need for the user’s active response. The proposed method is based on the auditory oculogyric reflex, where the eyes involuntary rotate towards the source of a sound, in response to spatially moving pure-tone audio stimuli modulated at specific frequencies and intensities. We quantitatively analyzed horizontal electrooculograms (EOG) recorded with a pair of electrodes under two conditions—when pure-tone stimuli were (1) “inaudible” or (2) “audible” to a participant. Preliminary experimental results showed significantly increased EOG amplitude in the audible condition compared to the inaudible condition for all ten healthy participants. This demonstrates potential use of the proposed method as a new non-invasive hearing assessment tool. MDPI 2018-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6264065/ /pubmed/30373280 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18113651 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kim, Do Yeon Kwon, Jinuk Kim, Joo-Young Cha, Ho-Seung Kim, Yong-Wook Kim, In Young Im, Chang-Hwan New Method for Pure-Tone Audiometry Using Electrooculogram: A Proof-of-Concept Study |
title | New Method for Pure-Tone Audiometry Using Electrooculogram: A Proof-of-Concept Study |
title_full | New Method for Pure-Tone Audiometry Using Electrooculogram: A Proof-of-Concept Study |
title_fullStr | New Method for Pure-Tone Audiometry Using Electrooculogram: A Proof-of-Concept Study |
title_full_unstemmed | New Method for Pure-Tone Audiometry Using Electrooculogram: A Proof-of-Concept Study |
title_short | New Method for Pure-Tone Audiometry Using Electrooculogram: A Proof-of-Concept Study |
title_sort | new method for pure-tone audiometry using electrooculogram: a proof-of-concept study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6264065/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30373280 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18113651 |
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