Effect of subject task on contralateral suppression of click evoked otoacoustic emissions

• Published in: Hearing research Vol. 233; no. 1; pp. 117 - 123
• Main Authors: de Boer, Jessica, Thornton, A. Roger D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.11.2007; Elsevier
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation - methods; Adult; Anesthetics. Neuromuscular blocking agents; Attention; Auditory Perception - physiology; Biological and medical sciences; Cochlea - physiology; Contralateral suppression; Ear and associated structures. Auditory pathways and centers. Hearing. Vocal organ. Phonation. Sound production. Echolocation; Functional Laterality; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Mathematics; Medial olivocochlear bundle; Medical sciences; Mental Processes - physiology; Neural Inhibition - physiology; Neuropharmacology; Noise; Olivary Nucleus - physiology; Otoacoustic emission; Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Subject task; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Visual Perception - physiology; AA; AC; Otoacoustic emission; MOCB; Subject task; SOC; NT; PV; I/O; EOAE; Contralateral suppression; CAS; ANOVA; AV; Medial olivocochlear bundle; SNR; RMS; IC; SEM; Noise; Central nervous system; Click; Evoked otoacoustic emission; Encephalon; Selective attention; Ipsilateral; Size effect; Ear; Auditory pathway; Olivocochlear bundle

Contralateral suppression of click evoked otoacoustic emissions (CEOAEs) is widely used as a non-invasive measure of the activity of the (uncrossed) medial olivocochlear bundle (MOCB). There is evidence that the uMOCB receives descending input from the cortex, potentially mediating top–down control...