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What evokes the acoustic reflex?

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Evoked by loud sound (>=80 dB pure tone; >=65 dB noise, SPL)

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What is the role of the Acoustic Reflex?

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To improve our perception of sounds by
1. protect cochlear from intense noise
2. Reduce masking from low-frequencies
3. Reduce hearing of own vocalization
4. prevent roll over of speech perception at high sound level

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What causes a delay in the acoustic reflex?

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Delay in neural circuit as well as Musclesc (20- 100ms)

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Explain the relationship between binaural and unilaterality:

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Binaural response to unilateral stimulation

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What occurs to muscles in acoustic reflex at the time of vocalization?

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When vocalizing, muscle contracts in advance (50-70 ms in chicken)

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What else can evoke an acoustic reflex except for loud sounds?

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Contraction of ME muscles can also be evoked by irritation of face, ear canal, etc. (Stronger for tensor tympani muscle)

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What are the two types of Acoustic Reflex Measurements?

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Direct and Indirect measurements

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What is the Direct measurement of Acoustic reflex? (2)

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Electromyogram
Direct observation through perforated TM

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What is the indirect measurement of Acoustic reflex? (3)

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  • Measure deflection of eardrum
  • Measure air pressure in sealed ear canal
  • Measurement of ME impedance: AR changes ME impedance. This is an important diagnosis tool!!
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In impedance, how do mass and stiffness influence frequency? (2)

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XC = k/(2.pi.f) Stiffness decreases with frequency
XM = 2.pi.fm Mass increases with frequency

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Explain what happens in the concept of admittance vs Impedance:

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Y=1/XC =2f/k = 2fV/(c2) = kV
Z inverse XC=1/kV): Z for air in V with solid wall (R is ignored).
Admittance is proportional related to volume

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It was shown that Impedance is inversely related to

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Impedance is inversely related to Volume
Z inverse 1/V: smaller the V, larger the Z

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What is the relationship between impedance and volume?

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Acoustic impedance can be expressed as volume: smaller the volume, larger the impedance

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If we say the impedance of a middle ear (ME) is 2cc:

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It means the impedance of this ME equals to the impedance of 2cc of air at standard condition (a 2cc cell with solid wall)

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What is Electroacoustic impedance test?

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A microphone picks up sound pressure level in the ear canal which is influenced by ME impedance and volume of the cavity

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What is Equivalent Volume?

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The amount air volume in a solid cavity that will have the same impedance as the tested auditory system

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What are the standard conditions of Equivalent Volume? (3)

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Standard air pressure at sea level (1Pa)
Defined temperature (20 Celsius)
Cell with solid wall

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What is the comparison between Ve and real ear volume?

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Real V has soft end and therefore smaller impedance as compared with the cell of the same size but surrounded by solid wall. Therefore, a solid cell must have a larger volume to have equal impedance as that of the real ear. Therefore, Ve is larger than V in real ear.

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How does the volume change in the external ear tell the impedance of middle ear (ME)?

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Eardrum is acoustically transparent.
The middle ear impedance change will change the stiffness of the eardrum thus changing the Ve of the external ear

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What is the principle of an impedance bridge?

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To match the impedance until sound level detected by mic is minimal

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If stiffness is increased when AR is activated, Ve will be ?

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Decreased

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What will happen to Ve if MD is full of water?

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Decreased

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What will happen to Ve if there is a large perforation on eardrum?

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Increased equivalent volume (1 to 5.5 mL) suggests a perforation

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What will happen to Ve if the bone chain is disconnected?

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Increased

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How does changing air pressure allows detecting of middle ear pressure?
The OE pressure that results in the smallest impedance is the pressure of ME.
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What is Acoustic Reflex measurement in summary?
- We measure the AR by measuring the impedance change - AR is due to ME contraction - AR is evoked by loud sound
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Why do we change the air pressure of the OE in AR measurement?
Changing air pressure allows detecting of middle ear pressure
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What are the two sounds in AR measurement?
(1) continuous tone (low f) for impedance measuring, (2) loud sound for impedance change (could be low and high in frequency)
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What are the ME elements to admittance? (3)
Mass, Stiffness and Resistance
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In the ME, the element of MASS to admittance comes from: (4)
Pars flaccida of TM Ossicle chain Perilymph in the cochlea When ET open
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In the ME, the element of STIFFNESS to admittance comes from: (4)
Ligaments Muscle tendons TM Air enclosed in ear canal (during test) and middle ear
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In the ME, the element of STIFFNESS to admittance comes from:
Bone joints and other; Cochlear mechanical structure
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What Stimulation parameters that cause practice issue of AR? (6) Signal Spectrum: Signal Presentation laterality comparison: Duration: Intensity growth? AR can be initiated by? Other Factors:
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What are the two effects of the Frequency on AR?
1. Noise is better than puretone (lower threshold): suggests that bandwidth matters. 2. Cross-band summation When band is > CB, AR threshold decrease Integration across different CBs.
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How does the Cross-band summation work in AR? (2)
Separate two tones by frequency. Test AR threshold until it decreases significantly When the separation is in CB, no change in AR threshold; when it is over CB, threshold drops down. Turning point tells CB.
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What is the intensity effect on AR? (2)
- AR magnitude increases with intensity above threshold - Appears as: Increase in impedance Decrease in latency
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In AR examination, what are the effectiveness findings of laterality? (2)
- Bilateral > ipsilateral > contralateral - However, contralateral AR is often requested due to the ability to exam the whole circuit for AR
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How do we define AR threshold?
0.03 cm3 or intensity to elicit at 10% of the maximal AR response (85 dB HL)
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What is the effect of sounds on latency in AR? (2)
Latency change with intensity from 150 ms to 25-30 ms Higher the intensity shorter the latency
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What are the two sources of AR latency?
Neural circuit delay Delay of ME muscle
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Which of the two sources, neural circuit delay and muscular delay is larger in AR?
Muscular delay
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What are the effects of Stimulus Duration on the response of AR?
The longer duration of signals produce stronger response
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What are the effects of signal duration on the AR?
AR threshold decrease with signal duration: larger time range for the temporal summation (up to 500 ms)
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What conclusion can we make from Frequency to temporal summation in acoustic reflex?
The higher the frequency,higher the temporal summation in AR across frequency: more summation for high frequency dB difference between 250 ms and 10 ms signals to produce the same AR
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In AR adaptation, for 500 Hz long duration tone signals:
AR goes down after 10 seconds
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What are the AR impact ME conduction?
Increases impedance by increasing stiffness Attenuation at low frequency: A system with higher stiffness has high natural F because it does not respond well to low F signal
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How can we explain the results from this finding related to oscillation in AR to low F signals? (2) PROOF 1
1. Loud sound initiates AR 2. AR reduces low-frequency sound into the cochlea 3. AR is reduced 4. Then more sound gets into cochlea—AR increases again Repeated 1-4: oscillation
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What is the effect of Bell Pasly in AR? PROOF 2
- Recording AR in the healthy ear, AR by stimulation ipsilateral (normal, solid line) versus contralateral ear (bell palsy, dashed line) - Left Panel: low-frequency signal showing larger impact. - Right panel: higher frequency signal showing less impact.
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What is the third proof of AR bias to low-frequencies?
TTS induced by low-frequency noise Solid line: a subject with no AR Dashed line: normal control
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What is the effect of increased stiffness in ME to AR?
- Increased stiffness attenuates sound transmission at low frequencies (< 1000 Hz). - This is thought to provide some protection against noise exposure.
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What are other factors that can cause ME muscle contractions?
Swallowing, yawning, tickling on face, etc vocalization
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What is the Intensity-control theory in AR?
- Reduces high level sound. Therefore provides protection - Currently, this protection against noise is not considered as the main role of AR
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What is the Perceptual theory of AR? (4)
Improve hearing by: - Protection from intense noise - Reducing low-f masking - Distinguish between own vocalization and external signal - Prevent roll-over
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What is Roll-Over in AR?
Reduction of speech recognition scores that occurs at intensities above the level where PB max is obtained.
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What are the potential sources of artifacts in AR measurements? (5)
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What is Extra tympanic manometry?
One of the indirect methods involves monitoring air pressure changes in the external ear because of eardrum movement.
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Explain the abnormal reflex decay:
When there is more than 50% decay in AR in the low frequencies in the Contralateral ear. Explains Retrocochlear pathology or Bell's palsy
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What is the impact the AR on ME Conduction? (2)
The AR Increases impedance by increasing stiffness It attenuates low Frequencies (Higher stiffness affects low frequencies)
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How can we explain the results from an AR cycle in these graphs?
There is a cycle of AR by from: 1. AR evoked by loud sounds, 2. then AR causes increased stiffness so reduces low-frequency sound into the cochlea 3. AR reduces 4. More sound gets into cochlea, so AR is increases again Repeat
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What can we see from this graph?
We can see high sound levels are more attenuated at low frequencies because of increased stiffness (<1000 Hz) This is thought to provide some protection against noise exposure.
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ME muscle contractions could be evoked by: (3)
* Swallowing, yawning, tickling on face, etc * vocalization * Loud Sounds
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What can we see from this graph?
There is an attenuation in CM from AR attenuation which we can see from a decrease in CM magnitude
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What is the effect of Bell’s palsy on speech dis?
Increased rollover in subjects with Bell’s palsy
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What could affect your results of AR? (5)
Previous ME diseases Sequential variability Test operation (skill of tester) Age Medications

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