Vernet-Maury E, Robin O, Vinard H
Laboratory of Psychophysiology (U.A. 180-CNRS), University Lyon I Villeurbanne, France.
Funct Neurol. 1988 Apr-Jun;3(2):157-66.
The analgesic property of white noise was assessed in 100 healthy volunteer students. Each of them was asked to self administer electrical square wave impulses in order to determine 3 physiological parameters of pain sensation: perception threshold, pain threshold and pain tolerance. These measurements were first performed without any acoustic stimulation and then with a 100 dB white noise. The results showed that the 3 thresholds were significantly increased under white noise. However, the relatively lower average increase obtained for pain threshold and tolerance compared to the perception level, and the great variability of the analgesic efficiency of white noise among subjects, show that this analgesic process is not reliable enough to be useful in medical or dental practice.
在100名健康的志愿学生中评估了白噪音的镇痛特性。要求他们每个人自行施加电方波脉冲，以确定疼痛感觉的3个生理参数：感知阈值、疼痛阈值和疼痛耐受性。这些测量首先在没有任何声学刺激的情况下进行，然后在100分贝的白噪音下进行。结果表明，在白噪音下这3个阈值显著提高。然而，与感知水平相比，疼痛阈值和耐受性的平均增加相对较低，并且白噪音在受试者中的镇痛效果差异很大，这表明这种镇痛过程不够可靠，无法在医学或牙科实践中发挥作用。
