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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 112 | Page : 20--26 |
Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions in Screening for Early Stages of High-frequency Hearing Loss in Adolescents
Danique E Paping1, Marc van der Schroef1, Hiske W Helleman2, André Goedegebure3, Rob J Baatenburg de Jong3, Jantien L Vroegop3
1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Speech and Hearing Centre, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam; The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
3 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Speech and Hearing Centre, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Correspondence Address:
Danique E Paping
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Speech and Hearing Centre, Erasmus Medical Centre, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam
The Netherlands
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/nah.nah_38_21
Objective: Adolescents may be at risk of noise-induced hearing loss due to recreational sound. The aim of this study was to examine the role of distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) in screening for early stages of high-frequency loss such as can be observed in noise-induced hearing loss. Setting and design: This cross-sectional study was embedded within Generation R, an ongoing prospective birth cohort study in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Data were collected from April 2016 to September 2019. Methods: A total of 3456 adolescents with a mean age of 13 years and 8 months old (standard deviation ± 5 months) were included. Pure-tone thresholds were measured in a sound-treated booth. DPOAEs were recorded using an ILO V6 analyzer with primary levels of 65/55 dB SPL and frequency ratio f2/f1 of 1.22. Subjects had normal middle ear function at the time of assessment, based on tympanometry results. Results: Measurements in 6065 ears showed that DPOAE levels tend to decrease with increasing pure-tone thresholds. However, the intersubject variability of DPOAE levels in ears with the same threshold was large. DPOAE levels could reasonably identify early stages of high-frequency hearing loss. Conclusion: The findings of present study indicate that DPOAE measurements can potentially be used for adolescents hearing screening in the high frequencies. Future research is needed to optimize test performance.
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