Dichotic multiple-frequency auditory steady-state responses in evaluating the hearing thresholds of occupational noise-exposed workers

• Published in: The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences Vol. 27; no. 8; pp. 330 - 335
• Main Authors: Hsu, Ruey-Fen, Chen, Shun-Sheng, Lu, Sheng-Nan, Ho, Chi-Kung, Lin, Hsiu-Fen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China (Republic : 1949- ) Elsevier B.V 01.08.2011; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation; Adult; Analysis; Audiometry; Audiometry, Evoked Response - methods; Audiometry, Pure-Tone - instrumentation; Audiometry, Pure-Tone - methods; Auditory evoked response; Auditory Threshold - physiology; Care and treatment; Deafness, Noise induced; Diagnosis; Dichotic Listening Tests - methods; Evoked Potentials, Auditory - physiology; Female; Hearing - physiology; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural - diagnosis; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural - etiology; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural - pathology; Humans; Internal Medicine; Male; Management; Medicolegal; Middle Aged; Noise, Occupational - adverse effects; Noise-induced hearing impairment; Objective audiometry; Occupational health and safety; Original; Risk factors; Taiwan; Noise-induced hearing impairment; Objective audiometry; Auditory-evoked response; Medicolegal

An objective, fast, and reasonably accurate assessment test that allows for easy interpretation of the responses of the hearing thresholds at all frequencies of a conventional audiogram is needed to resolve the medicolegal aspects of an occupational hearing injury. This study evaluated the use of di...