A Hearing-Model-Based Active-Learning Test for the Determination of Dead Regions

• Published in: Trends in hearing Vol. 22; p. 2331216518788215
• Main Authors: Schlittenlacher, Josef, Turner, Richard E., Moore, Brian C. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2018; Sage Publications Ltd; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Audiometry; Auditory Threshold; Bayes Theorem; Cochlea - innervation; Cochlea - physiology; Estimates; Female; Hair Cells, Auditory; Hearing - physiology; Hearing Tests; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Original; Perceptual Masking; Reproducibility of Results; Time Factors; Bayesian active learning; dead region; hearing model; hearing test
• ISSN: 2331-2165; 2331-2165
• DOI: 10.1177/2331216518788215

This article describes a Bayesian active-learning procedure for estimating the edge frequency, fe, of a dead region, that is, a region in the cochlea with no or very few functioning inner hair cells or neurons. The method is based on the psychophysical tuning curve (PTC) but estimates the shape of t...