Kyoko Kitao, Hideki Mutai, Kazunori Namba, Noriko Morimoto, Atsuko Nakano, Yukiko Arimoto, Tomoko Sugiuchi, Sawako Masuda, Yasuhide Okamoto, Noriko Morita, Hirokazu Sakamoto, Tomoko Shintani, Satoshi Fukuda, Kimitaka Kaga, Tatsuo Matsunaga
OBJECTIVES: Auditory neuropathy (AN) is a clinical disorder characterized by the absence of auditory brainstem response and presence of otoacoustic emissions. A gradual loss of otoacoustic emissions has been reported for some cases of AN. Such cases could be diagnosed as cochlear hearing loss and lead to misunderstanding of the pathology when patients first visit clinics after the loss of otoacoustic emissions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the time course of changes in distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) in association with patients' genetic and clinical backgrounds, including the use of hearing aids...
April 23, 2018: Ear and Hearing