Cervellera G, Quaranta A, Cassano P
Audiology. 1978 Jul-Aug;17(4):317-23.
The authors studied the remote masking (RM) in patients with Menière's disorder during the hearing loss fluctuations produced either by the disorder or by the glycerol test (Klockhoff). The RM was recorded for pulsed tones of 250, 500 and 1 000 Hz; the masker was a continuous narrow-band noise centered at 3 000 Hz, with 305 Hz (2 875-3 180 Hz) bandwidth, delivered at an overall level of 98 dB SPL. The results showed that the RM decreases during the acute phase, i.e. when the hearing loss increases, and, increases if the glycerol tests do not significantly modify the RM value. They seem to confirm the hypothesis that the RM may be due to a mechanical effect in the internal ear and suggest the possibility of using the RM as a test of end-organ rigidity.
作者研究了梅尼埃病患者在由该病或甘油试验（克洛科夫）引起的听力损失波动期间的远程掩蔽（RM）情况。记录了250、500和1000Hz脉冲音的RM；掩蔽音是中心频率为3000Hz、带宽为305Hz（2875 - 3180Hz）的连续窄带噪声，以98dB SPL的总声压级呈现。结果表明，RM在急性期下降，即听力损失增加时下降；如果甘油试验未显著改变RM值，则RM增加。这些结果似乎证实了RM可能是由于内耳的机械效应这一假设，并提示了将RM用作终器刚性测试的可能性。
