1 ExpORL, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Belgium.
Trends Hear. 2018 Jan-Dec;22:2331216518805352. doi: 10.1177/2331216518805352.
Psychophysical procedures are used to balance loudness across the ears. However, they can be difficult and require active cooperation. We investigated whether 40-Hz auditory steady-state response (ASSR) amplitudes can be used to objectively estimate the balanced loudness across the ears for a group of young, normal-hearing participants. The 40-Hz ASSRs were recorded using monaural stimuli with carrier frequencies of 500, 1000, or 2000 Hz over a range of levels between 40 and 80 dB SPL. Behavioral loudness balancing was performed for at least one reference level of the left ear. ASSR amplitude growth functions were listener dependent, but median across-ear ratios in ASSR amplitudes were close to 1. The differences between the ASSR-predicted balanced levels and the behaviorally found balanced levels were smaller than 5 dB in 59% of cases and smaller than 10 dB in 85% of cases. The differences between the ASSR-predicted balanced levels and the reference levels were smaller than 5 dB in 54% of cases and smaller than 10 dB in 87% of cases. No clear hemispheric lateralization was found for 40-Hz ASSRs, with the exception of responses evoked by stimulus levels of 40 to 60 dB SPL at 2000 Hz.
心理物理程序用于平衡双耳的响度。然而,这些程序可能较为复杂,并且需要参与者的积极配合。我们研究了 40-Hz 听觉稳态响应(ASSR)幅度是否可用于客观估计一组年轻正常听力参与者双耳的平衡响度。使用频率为 500、1000 或 2000 Hz 的单耳刺激记录 40-Hz ASSR,刺激水平范围为 40 至 80 dB SPL。对于左耳的至少一个参考水平进行行为响度平衡。ASSR 幅度的生长函数因听者而异,但 ASSR 幅度的双耳中值比接近 1。在 59%的情况下,ASSR 预测的平衡水平与行为发现的平衡水平之间的差异小于 5 dB,在 85%的情况下,ASSR 预测的平衡水平与行为发现的平衡水平之间的差异小于 10 dB。在 54%的情况下,ASSR 预测的平衡水平与参考水平之间的差异小于 5 dB,在 87%的情况下,ASSR 预测的平衡水平与参考水平之间的差异小于 10 dB。除了在 2000 Hz 时刺激水平为 40 至 60 dB SPL 时诱发的反应外,未发现 40-Hz ASSR 有明显的半球侧化。