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Sound level context modulates neural activity in the human brainstem. Sci Rep 2021; 11:22581. [PMID: 34799632 PMCID: PMC8605015 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-02055-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Optimal perception requires adaptation to sounds in the environment. Adaptation involves representing the acoustic stimulation history in neural response patterns, for example, by altering response magnitude or latency as sound-level context changes. Neurons in the auditory brainstem of rodents are sensitive to acoustic stimulation history and sound-level context (often referred to as sensitivity to stimulus statistics), but the degree to which the human brainstem exhibits such neural adaptation is unclear. In six electroencephalography experiments with over 125 participants, we demonstrate that the response latency of the human brainstem is sensitive to the history of acoustic stimulation over a few tens of milliseconds. We further show that human brainstem responses adapt to sound-level context in, at least, the last 44 ms, but that neural sensitivity to sound-level context decreases when the time window over which acoustic stimuli need to be integrated becomes wider. Our study thus provides evidence of adaptation to sound-level context in the human brainstem and of the timescale over which sound-level information affects neural responses to sound. The research delivers an important link to studies on neural adaptation in non-human animals.
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McKnight RJ, Glick H, Cardon G, Sharma A. The Effects of Stimulus Rate on ABR Morphology and its Relationship to P1 CAEP Responses and Auditory Speech Perception Outcomes in Children with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder: Evidence from Case Reports. HEARING, BALANCE AND COMMUNICATION 2017; 16:1-12. [PMID: 32953369 PMCID: PMC7500459 DOI: 10.1080/21695717.2017.1418803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD) affects approximately 5-15% of children with sensorineural hearing loss. ANSD is characterized by the presence of otoacoustic emissions (OAE) and an absent or abnormal auditory brainstem response (ABR). The purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of slow-rate ABR in predicting the auditory cortical development and auditory speech perception outcomes in case studies of children with ANSD. DESIGN ABR waveform characteristics were collected at slow stimulation rates (5.1 clicks/second) and a fast stimulation rates (>11-31.1 clicks/second, rates typically used in a clinical setting) in 3 case reports of children with ANSD. P1 CAEP responses and measures of auditory speech perception using the Infant Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (IT-MAIS) were also collected in these children. Retrospective analysis was performed to evaluate the prognostic value of slow- versus fast-rate ABR in predicting P1 CAEP responses and auditory speech perception outcomes in these children. STUDY SAMPLE Participants included case reports of 3 pediatric participants with a clinical diagnosis of ANSD. RESULTS Slow-rate ABR did not elicit significant improvements in waveform morphology compared to fast-rate ABR. P1 CAEP results were present in 2 out of 3 cases and were consistent with auditory speech perception outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Even when ABR stimulation rates were slowed, ABR responses in these children with ANSD did not display any characteristic or replicable pattern, and ABR responses were not predictive of cortical auditory maturation or behavioral performance. In contrast, P1 CAEP responses provided valuable information regarding the maturational status of the auditory cortex and P1 CAEP responses were consistent with behavioral measures of auditory speech perception. Overall, results highlight the high prognostic value of P1 CAEP testing when used in conjunction with behavioral measures of auditory speech perception in children with ANSD.
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- Rosemary J McKnight
- Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Department, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA; Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Department, Institute of Cognitive Science, Center for Neuroscience University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Department, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA; Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Department, Institute of Cognitive Science, Center for Neuroscience University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Department, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA; Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Department, Institute of Cognitive Science, Center for Neuroscience University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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Auditory brainstem (ABR) and middle latency responses (MLR) were recorded for ten normal subjects. Changes in wave latency were recorded with high- and low-pass filtering using Butterworth filters with standard phase-shift characteristics. When an open filter (15–3,000 Hz) was used, waves IV, V and VI of the ABR were superimposed on wave Pø of the MLR. A positive (P) wave was recorded in the trough of wave Na as the high-frequency cutoff of the recording bandpass (15–100 Hz) was raised above 100 Hz. Wave P divided Na into two parts. The first trough was the slow-negative response and the second was Na2. The origin of the P wave is unclear but may represent a muscle potential. Because of previous inconsistencies in the waveform identification used with these recording techniques, the authors present a modified method of classification which accommodates changes in waveform appearance that occur with different response filtering. The thresholds for various waves of the auditory brainstem (ABR) or middle latency response (MLR) were determined to a 500-Hz tone pip in ten normal listeners in a variety of recording filter bandwidths. Wave V (recording filters 100–3,000 Hz) had a threhsold of 26 dB nHL. Wave SN (30–3,000 Hz) had a threshold of 18 dB nHL. Waves Na, Pa and Nb had thresholds of 10 to 11 dB nHL. The threshold for waves Na, Pa and Nb were unaffected by changing the recording bandpass from 15–100 Hz to 15–3,000 Hz. The ABR amplitude increased when the recording filter's low-frequency cutoff was lowered from 100 to 15 Hz (high frequency cutoff, 3,000 Hz). This augmentation is probably due to the inclusion of the lower frequency energy of wave Pø. Lowering the recording filters high-frequency cutoff from 3,000 to 100 Hz (low-frequency cutoff, 15 Hz) resulted in exclusion of the higher frequency ABR but did not elevate response threshold. In all listeners tested, the MLR had a lower threshold than the ABR to a 500-Hz tone pip. It is suggested that the MLR has good potential for use in evaluation of low-frequency threshold.
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Neonate Auditory Brainstem Responses to CE-Chirp and CE-Chirp Octave Band Stimuli II: Versus Adult Auditory Brainstem Responses. Ear Hear 2016; 37:724-743. [PMID: 27556524 DOI: 10.1097/aud.0000000000000344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of the study was to examine the differences in auditory brainstem response (ABR) latency and amplitude indices to the CE-Chirp stimuli in neonates versus young adults as a function of stimulus level, rate, polarity, frequency and gender. DESIGN Participants were 168 healthy neonates and 20 normal-hearing young adults. ABRs were obtained to air- and bone-conducted CE-Chirps and air-conducted CE-Chirp octave band stimuli. The effects of stimulus level, rate, and polarity were examined with air-conducted CE-Chirps. The effect of stimulus level was also examined with bone-conducted CE-Chirps and CE-Chirp octave band stimuli. The effect of gender was examined across all stimulus manipulations. RESULTS In general, ABR wave V amplitudes were significantly larger (p < 0.0001) and latencies were significantly shorter (p < 0.0001) for adults versus neonates for all air-conducted CE-Chirp stimuli with all stimulus manipulations. For bone-conducted CE-Chirps, infants had significantly shorter wave V latencies than adults at 15 dB nHL and 45 dB nHL (p = 0.02). Adult wave V amplitude was significantly larger for bone-conducted CE-Chirps only at 30 dB nHL (p = 0.02). The effect of gender was not statistically significant across all measures (p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Significant differences in ABR latencies and amplitudes exist between newborns and young adults using CE-Chirp stimuli. These differences are consistent with differences to traditional click and tone burst stimuli and reflect maturational differences as a function of age. These findings continue to emphasize the importance of interpreting ABR results using age-based normative data.
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Valderrama JT, de la Torre A, Medina C, Segura JC, Thornton ARD. Selective processing of auditory evoked responses with iterative-randomized stimulation and averaging: A strategy for evaluating the time-invariant assumption. Hear Res 2016; 333:66-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2015.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2015] [Revised: 11/21/2015] [Accepted: 12/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bogle JM, Zapala DA, Burkhardt B, Walker K, Lundy L, Shelfer J, Pratt T, Garry M, Walker D. The Effect of Repetition Rate on Air-Conducted Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (oVEMPs). Am J Audiol 2015; 24:411-8. [PMID: 25997090 DOI: 10.1044/2015_aja-15-0011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 05/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (oVEMPs) are used to describe utricular/superior vestibular nerve function; however, optimal recording parameters have not been fully established. This study investigated the effect of repetition rate on air-conducted oVEMPs. METHOD Ten healthy adults were evaluated using 500-Hz tone bursts (4-ms duration, Blackman gating, 122 dB pSPL). Four repetition rates were used (1.6, 4.8, 8.3, and 26.6 Hz) and resulting oVEMP response presence, amplitude, amplitude asymmetry, and n1/p1 latency were assessed. RESULTS Response presence was significantly reduced for 26.6 Hz using monaural stimulation and for 8.3 Hz and 26.6 Hz for binaural stimulation. For monaural stimulation using 1.6, 4.8, and 8.3 Hz, no significant differences were noted for amplitude or latency. Responses obtained using binaural stimulation demonstrated a significant effect of rate on amplitude, with 8.3 Hz producing significantly reduced amplitude. Binaural amplitudes were significantly larger than monaural contralateral responses but with reduced response presence. No significant differences were noted for latency or amplitude asymmetry. CONCLUSION Using repetition rates of approximately 5 Hz or less may produce more consistent oVEMP response presence with minimal effects on amplitude for monaural or binaural recordings.
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- Jamie M. Bogle
- Department of Otolaryngology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville
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Stockard JE, Westmoreland BF. Technical Considerations in the Recording and Interpretation of the Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential for Neonatal Neurologic Diagnosis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/00029238.1981.11080032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Janet E. Stockard
- Section of Electroencephalography Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 55901
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Valderrama JT, de la Torre A, Alvarez IM, Segura JC, Thornton ARD, Sainz M, Vargas JL. Auditory brainstem and middle latency responses recorded at fast rates with randomized stimulation. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2014; 136:3233. [PMID: 25480070 DOI: 10.1121/1.4900832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Randomized stimulation and averaging (RSA) allows auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) to be recorded at high stimulation rates. This method does not perform deconvolution and must therefore deal with interference derived from overlapping transient evoked responses. This paper analyzes the effects of this interference on auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) and middle latency responses (MLRs) recorded at rates of up to 300 and 125 Hz, respectively, with randomized stimulation sequences of a jitter both greater and shorter than the dominant period of the ABR/MLR components. Additionally, this paper presents an advanced approach for RSA [iterative-randomized stimulation and averaging (I-RSA)], which includes the removal of the interference associated with overlapping responses through an iterative process in the time domain. Experimental results show that (a) RSA can be efficiently used in the recording of AEPs when the jitter of the stimulation sequence is greater than the dominant period of the AEP components, and (b) I-RSA maintains all the advantages of RSA and is not constrained by the restriction of a minimum jitter. The significance of the results of this study is discussed.
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- Joaquin T Valderrama
- Department of Signal Theory, Telematics and Communications, CITIC-UGR, University of Granada, Granada 18071, Spain
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- Department of Signal Theory, Telematics and Communications, CITIC-UGR, University of Granada, Granada 18071, Spain
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- Department of Signal Theory, Telematics and Communications, CITIC-UGR, University of Granada, Granada 18071, Spain
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- Department of Signal Theory, Telematics and Communications, CITIC-UGR, University of Granada, Granada 18071, Spain
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- MRC Institute of Hearing Research, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton SO14 OYG, United Kingdom
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- San Cecilio University Hospital, ENT Service, Granada 18012, Spain
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- San Cecilio University Hospital, ENT Service, Granada 18012, Spain
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Bishop CW, Yadav D, London S, Miller LM. The effects of preceding lead-alone and lag-alone click trains on the buildup of echo suppression. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2014; 136:803-817. [PMID: 25096114 PMCID: PMC4144256 DOI: 10.1121/1.4874622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2012] [Revised: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/16/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Spatial perception in echoic environments is influenced by recent acoustic history. For instance, echo suppression becomes more effective or "builds up" with repeated exposure to echoes having a consistent acoustic relationship to a temporally leading sound. Four experiments were conducted to investigate how buildup is affected by prior exposure to unpaired lead-alone or lag-alone click trains. Unpaired trains preceded lead-lag click trains designed to evoke and assay buildup. Listeners reported how many sounds they heard from the echo hemifield during the lead-lag trains. Stimuli were presented in free field (experiments 1 and 4) or dichotically through earphones (experiments 2 and 3). In experiment 1, listeners reported more echoes following a lead-alone train compared to a period of silence. In contrast, listeners reported fewer echoes following a lag-alone train; similar results were observed with earphones. Interestingly, the effects of lag-alone click trains on buildup were qualitatively different when compared to a no-conditioner trial type in experiment 4. Finally, experiment 3 demonstrated that the effects of preceding click trains on buildup cannot be explained by a change in counting strategy or perceived click salience. Together, these findings demonstrate that echo suppression is affected by prior exposure to unpaired stimuli.
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- Christopher W Bishop
- University of California, Davis Center for Mind and Brain, 267 Cousteau Place, Davis, California 95618
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- University of California, Davis Center for Mind and Brain, 267 Cousteau Place, Davis, California 95618
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- University of California, Davis Center for Mind and Brain, 267 Cousteau Place, Davis, California 95618
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- University of California, Davis Center for Mind and Brain, 267 Cousteau Place, Davis, California 95618
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Singh NK, Kadisonga P, Ashitha P. Optimizing Stimulus Repetition Rate for Recording Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential Elicited by Air-Conduction Tone Bursts of 500 Hz. Audiol Res 2014; 4:88. [PMID: 26557349 PMCID: PMC4627138 DOI: 10.4081/audiores.2014.88] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2013] [Revised: 04/11/2014] [Accepted: 04/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Amidst several publications reporting the effects of stimulus-related parameters on ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential (oVEMP), the effect of the repetition rate on oVEMP responses has largely gone unexplored. Studies have used a repetition rate of ~5.1 Hz mainly due to a presumption that oVEMP, like cervical VEMP, should produce best responses for ~5 Hz, although there is paucity of experimental evidence to support this hypothesis. 52 healthy individuals in the age range of 17-35 years underwent air-conduction oVEMP elicited by 500 Hz tone-bursts using seven different repetition rates (3.1, 5.1, 10.1, 15.1, 20.1, 25.1 and 30.1 Hz). The results revealed a tendency for prolongation of latencies and reduction in amplitude with increasing repetition rate. However, significantly longer latencies were observed only for 20.1 Hz and larger amplitudes for 3.1 and 5.1 Hz (P<0.05). There was no significant difference between the rates of 3.1 Hz and 5.1 Hz. However 3.1 Hz produced poorer signal-to-noise ratio and required considerably longer time and thereby had lesser efficiency than 5.1 Hz (P<0.05). This would also result in higher fatigue and irritation levels considering the physical act of maintaining a supero-medial gaze. Thus the use of 5.1 Hz is recommended for clinical recording of oVEMP.
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Valderrama JT, de la Torre A, Alvarez I, Segura JC, Thornton ARD, Sainz M, Vargas JL. Automatic quality assessment and peak identification of auditory brainstem responses with fitted parametric peaks. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 2014; 114:262-75. [PMID: 24661606 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2014.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2013] [Revised: 01/22/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The recording of the auditory brainstem response (ABR) is used worldwide for hearing screening purposes. In this process, a precise estimation of the most relevant components is essential for an accurate interpretation of these signals. This evaluation is usually carried out subjectively by an audiologist. However, the use of automatic methods for this purpose is being encouraged nowadays in order to reduce human evaluation biases and ensure uniformity among test conditions, patients, and screening personnel. This article describes a new method that performs automatic quality assessment and identification of the peaks, the fitted parametric peaks (FPP). This method is based on the use of synthesized peaks that are adjusted to the ABR response. The FPP is validated, on one hand, by an analysis of amplitudes and latencies measured manually by an audiologist and automatically by the FPP method in ABR signals recorded at different stimulation rates; and on the other hand, contrasting the performance of the FPP method with the automatic evaluation techniques based on the correlation coefficient, FSP, and cross correlation with a predefined template waveform by comparing the automatic evaluations of the quality of these methods with subjective evaluations provided by five experienced evaluators on a set of ABR signals of different quality. The results of this study suggest (a) that the FPP method can be used to provide an accurate parameterization of the peaks in terms of amplitude, latency, and width, and (b) that the FPP remains as the method that best approaches the averaged subjective quality evaluation, as well as provides the best results in terms of sensitivity and specificity in ABR signals validation. The significance of these findings and the clinical value of the FPP method are highlighted on this paper.
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- Joaquin T Valderrama
- Department of Signal Theory, Telematics and Communications, CITIC-UGR, University of Granada, C/Periodista Daniel Saucedo Aranda s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain.
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- Department of Signal Theory, Telematics and Communications, CITIC-UGR, University of Granada, C/Periodista Daniel Saucedo Aranda s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain.
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- Department of Signal Theory, Telematics and Communications, CITIC-UGR, University of Granada, C/Periodista Daniel Saucedo Aranda s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain.
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- Department of Signal Theory, Telematics and Communications, CITIC-UGR, University of Granada, C/Periodista Daniel Saucedo Aranda s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain.
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- MRC Institute of Hearing Research, Southampton Outstation, Royal South Hants Hospital, Brintons Terrace, Mailpoint OAU, Southampton, Hampshire SO14 OYG, United Kingdom.
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- ENT Service, San Cecilio University Hospital, Av. Dr. Oloriz 16, 18002 Granada, Spain; Department of Surgery and its Specialties, University of Granada, Av. De Madrid 11, 18012 Granada, Spain.
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- ENT Service, San Cecilio University Hospital, Av. Dr. Oloriz 16, 18002 Granada, Spain.
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Valderrama JT, de la Torre A, Alvarez I, Segura JC, Thornton ARD, Sainz M, Vargas JL. A study of adaptation mechanisms based on ABR recorded at high stimulation rate. Clin Neurophysiol 2014; 125:805-813. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.06.190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2013] [Revised: 04/09/2013] [Accepted: 06/08/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Yilmaz MS, Guven M, Cesur S, Oguz H. The auditory brainstem responses in patients with unilateral cochlear hearing loss. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2014; 65:203-9. [PMID: 24427567 DOI: 10.1007/s12070-011-0402-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2011] [Accepted: 11/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The aim of our study is to analyze changes occurring in the auditory brainstem response (ABR) according to stimulus parameters in unilateral cochlear hearing loss cases. Twenty-nine cases (14 male, 15 female) with unilateral sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) were investigated. All cases had cochlear SNHL on one side whereas normal hearing on the other side. All cases underwent ABR testing with varying stimulus intensity levels and stimulus repetition rates (SRRs). Results were compared and their correlation with audiogram shapes investigated. As stimulus intensity levels decreased on both ears, latencies expanded and amplitudes decreased in all traces of ABR. Latencies of ears with cochlear hearing loss were observed to be longer than those in normal ears. Responses to SRR increases were similar on both ears. Audiogram shapes should be taken into consideration while performing ABR in order to address asymmetric SNHL. The interpretation of ABR changes with various stimulus levels may provide a better understanding of cochlear pathologies associated with hearing loss in the future.
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- M Sinan Yilmaz
- Department of ORL, Ministry of Health Sakarya Training and Research Hospital, Korucuk Kampusu, Sakarya, Turkey
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- Department of ORL, Ministry of Health Sakarya Training and Research Hospital, Korucuk Kampusu, Sakarya, Turkey
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- Department of ORL, Ministry of Health Sakarya Training and Research Hospital, Korucuk Kampusu, Sakarya, Turkey
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- Department of ORL, Ministry of Health Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Cebulla M, Stürzebecher E. Detectability of newborn chirp-evoked ABR in the frequency domain at different stimulus rates. Int J Audiol 2013; 52:698-705. [DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2013.804634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Valderrama JT, Alvarez I, de la Torre A, Segura JC, Sainz M, Vargas JL. Recording of auditory brainstem response at high stimulation rates using randomized stimulation and averaging. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2012; 132:3856-3865. [PMID: 23231116 DOI: 10.1121/1.4764511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The recording of auditory brainstem response (ABR) at high stimulation rates is of great interest in audiology. It allows a more accurate diagnosis of certain pathologies at an early stage and the study of different mechanisms of adaptation. This paper proposes a methodology, which we will refer to as randomized stimulation and averaging (RSA) that allows the recording of ABR at high stimulation rates using jittered stimuli. The proposed method has been compared with quasi-periodic sequence deconvolution (QSD) and conventional (CONV) stimulation methodologies. Experimental results show that RSA provides a quality in ABR recordings similar to that of QSD and CONV. Compared with CONV, RSA presents the advantage of being able to record ABR at rates higher than 100 Hz. Compared with QSD, the formulation of RSA is simpler and allows more flexibility on the design of the pseudorandom sequence. The feasibility of the RSA methodology is validated by an analysis of the morphology, amplitudes, and latencies of the most important waves in ABR recorded at high stimulation rates from eight normal hearing subjects.
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- Joaquin T Valderrama
- Department of Signal Theory, Telematics and Communications, CITIC-UGR, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
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Basu M, Krishnan A, Weber-Fox C. Brainstem correlates of temporal auditory processing in children with specific language impairment. Dev Sci 2010; 13:77-91. [PMID: 20121865 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00849.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Deficits in identification and discrimination of sounds with short inter-stimulus intervals or short formant transitions in children with specific language impairment (SLI) have been taken to reflect an underlying temporal auditory processing deficit. Using the sustained frequency following response (FFR) and the onset auditory brainstem responses (ABR) we evaluated if children with SLI show abnormalities at the brainstem level consistent with a temporal processing deficit. To this end, the neural encoding of tonal sweeps, as reflected in the FFR, for different rates of frequency change, and the effects of reducing inter-stimulus interval on the ABR components were evaluated in 10 4-11-year-old SLI children and their age-matched controls. Results for the SLI group showed degraded FFR phase-locked neural activity that failed to faithfully track the frequency change presented in the tonal sweeps, particularly at the faster sweep rates. SLI children also showed longer latencies for waves III and V of the ABR and a greater prolongation of wave III at high stimulus rates (>30/sec), suggesting greater susceptibility to neural adaptation. These results taken together appear to suggest a disruption in the temporal pattern of phase-locked neural activity necessary to encode rapid frequency change and an increased susceptibility to desynchronizing factors related to faster rates of stimulus presentation in children with SLI.
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- Madhavi Basu
- Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Canada
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Brainstem auditory evoked potentials--a review and modified studies in healthy subjects. J Clin Neurophysiol 2009; 26:167-75. [PMID: 19424080 DOI: 10.1097/wnp.0b013e3181a76a6e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The authors review the brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP), and present studies on 40 healthy subjects. In addition to the conventional click evoked BAEP, three modified BAEP examinations were performed. The modified BAEP tests include a 1,000 Hz tone-burst BAEP, and more rapid rate binaural click and 1,000 Hz tone-burst BAEPs-each of the last two studies performed at four diminishing moderate intensities. In addition to the usual parameters, the authors examined the Wave V to Vn interpeak latency, and stimulus intensity versus Wave V latency and amplitude functions in the rapid rate binaural studies. Studies were also repeated on healthy subjects in a dependant head position in an attempt to increase intracranial pressure. Discussion centers on the BAEP, its current utility in medicine, unique neurophysiology, and literature support that the above modifications could increase the practicality of the test in patients at risk with intracranial lesions and perhaps improve the feasibility for real-time continuous or frequent monitoring in the future.
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Jewett DL, Caplovitz G, Baird B, Trumpis M, Olson MP, Larson-Prior LJ. The use of QSD (q-sequence deconvolution) to recover superposed, transient evoked-responses. Clin Neurophysiol 2005; 115:2754-75. [PMID: 15546784 PMCID: PMC1444882 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/17/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We describe q-sequence deconvolution (QSD), a new data acquisition/analysis method for evoked-responses that solves the problem of waveform distortion at high stimulus repetition-rates, due to response overlap. QSD can increase the sensitivity of clinically useful evoked-responses because it is well known that high stimulus repetition-rates are better for detecting pathophysiology. METHODS QSD is applicable to a variety of experimental conditions. Because some QSD-parameters must be chosen by the experimenter, the underlying principles and assumptions of the method are described in detail. The theoretical and mathematical bases of the QSD method are also described, including some equivalent computational formulations. RESULTS QSD was applied to recordings of the human auditory brainstem response (ABR) at stimulus repetition-rates that overlapped the responses. The transient ABR was recovered at all rates tested (highest 160/s), and showed systematic changes with stimulus repetition-rate within a single subject. CONCLUSIONS QSD offers a new method of recovering brain evoked-response activity having a duration longer than the time between stimuli. SIGNIFICANCE The use of this new technique for analysis of evoked responses will permit examination of brain activation patterns across a broad range of stimulus repetition-rates, some never before studied. Such studies will improve the sensitivity of evoked-responses for the detection of brain pathophysiology. New measures of brain activity may be discovered using QSD. The method also permits the recovery of the transient brain waveforms that overlap to form 'steady-state' waveforms. An additional benefit of the QSD method is that repetition-rate can be isolated as a variable, independent of other stimulus characteristics, even if the response is a nonlinear function of rate.
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Stürzebecher E, Cebulla M, Neumann K. Click-evoked ABR at high stimulus repetition rates for neonatal hearing screening. Int J Audiol 2003; 42:59-70. [PMID: 12641389 DOI: 10.3109/14992020309078337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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A new, fast screening algorithm based on auditory brainstem response (ABR) recorded at a high click repetition rate is proposed. Response detection is carried out in the frequency domain by a statistical test procedure which includes the fundamental frequency and the harmonics below 800 Hz. First, the method was tested in 25 young adults. ABRs were recorded in the repetition rate range 20/s to 400/s. With a mean response detection time of 31 s, a click repetition rate of 140/s was found to be the optimum rate among the adult group. The method was then tested using a group of 114 neonates in whom the repetition rate range 60/s to 200/s was examined. At the repetition rate 90/s, which was found to be the optimum rate in neonates, the mean detection time was 24.6 s. In addition to the fast ABR detection, the proposed screening algorithm also allows simultaneous hearing screening of both ears using a one-channel data recording.
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- Ekkehard Stürzebecher
- ENT Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Wilson WJ, Bowker CA. The effects of high stimulus rate on the electrocochleogram in normal-hearing subjects. Int J Audiol 2002; 41:509-17. [PMID: 12477171 DOI: 10.3109/14992020209056071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The use of high stimulus rates has the potential to improve the electrocochleogram's (ECochG) sensitivity and specificity in endolymphatic hydrops and Menière's disease, but is currently hindered by the absence of an acceptable normative database. In response, this study recorded click-evoked ECochG tracings from 51 normal-hearing subjects (102 ears), between 18 and 60 years of age, at 7.1, 51.1, 101.1 and 151.1 clicks/s using a tympanic membrane electrode. As stimulus rate increased, various statistically significant (p < 0.05) changes were observed. In general, summating potential (SP) latency and amplitude and action potential (AP) latency increased, SP/AP amplitude ratio and waveform width increased but then plateaued, and AP amplitude fluctuated. While providing the largest contribution to a high-stimulus-rate ECochG normative database published to date, potential clinical limitations were identified and a possible solution proposed.
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- Wayne J Wilson
- Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Prasher D. Differential effect of adaptation on the ipsi- and contralateral auditory brainstem pathways. SCANDINAVIAN AUDIOLOGY 1995; 24:101-5. [PMID: 7660053 DOI: 10.3109/01050399509047522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Auditory brainstem potential components II and V are delayed in the contralateral recording in comparison with that ipsilateral to the stimulus. Wave III is recorded earlier contralaterally. The effect of increasing stimulus repetition rate on the ipsilateral/contralateral latency differences in these components was examined. There is a progressive increase in latency from Wave I to Wave V ipsilaterally with an increase in stimulus rate; however, contralaterally there is no further increase in latency after Wave III. At 40 Hz stimulus rate, therefore, the ipsi/contra difference in the latency of Wave V disappears, suggesting that there is a differential effect of peripheral and central adaptation on the ipsilateral and contralateral auditory pathways.
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- D Prasher
- Institute of Laryngology and Otology, University College, London
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Cone-Wesson B, Spingarn A. Effects of Maternal Cocaine Abuse on Neonatal Auditory Brainstem Responses. Am J Audiol 1993; 2:48-54. [PMID: 26661430 DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889.0203.48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/1992] [Accepted: 01/11/1993] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) were recorded from 18 neonates born to mothers who used cocaine during pregnancy, and from 18 control infants matched to the cocaine group on the basis of birthweight and conceptional age. ABRs were elicited using click signals presented at 40, 60, and 80 dB nHL at a rate of 33 clicks/sec and also at 11 and 89 clicks/sec at 80 dB nHL. The absolute latencies for ABR components I, III, and V and wave I-V interpeak latencies (IPLs) were measured for each signal condition.ABR absolute and IPLs for the infants who had been exposed to cocaine were prolonged relative to their age- and weight-matched controls. Neurodevelopmental compromise of the auditory system appears to result from gestational exposure to cocaine.
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- Barbara Cone-Wesson
- LAC+USC Medical Center, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 1200 N. State Street, Box 795, Los Angeles, CA 90033
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Lightfoot GR. ABR screening for acoustic neuromata: the role of rate-induced latency shift measurements. BRITISH JOURNAL OF AUDIOLOGY 1992; 26:217-27. [PMID: 1446185 DOI: 10.3109/03005369209076640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The audiological assessment of patients considered 'at risk' for an acoustic neuroma is problematic when the patient has a severe hearing loss. The utility of ABR rate-induced latency shift (RLS) measurements was investigated in 189 patients who had passed a conventional assessment and 31 patients with an acoustic neuroma. A test based on the RLS of wave V using rates of 11.1 s-1 and 88.8 s-1 had a sensitivity of 89.5% and a specificity of 90.8% when applied with a dual interpretive criterion which included the loss of wave V at the higher rate. This test was included in an ABR screening protocol which had a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 97.9%. The RLS test requires no correction for age, sex, hearing loss or stimulus intensity and may be used in patients with severe hearing loss for whom other ABR tests are inappropriate.
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- G R Lightfoot
- Department of Clinical Engineering, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, England
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Freeman S, Sohmer H, Silver S. The effect of stimulus repetition rate on the diagnostic efficacy of the auditory nerve-brain-stem evoked response. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 1991; 78:284-90. [PMID: 1706249 DOI: 10.1016/0013-4694(91)90182-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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This study investigates the hypothesis that an increase in the click presentation rate during diagnostic testing with the auditory nerve-brain-stem response (ABR) will increase the efficiency with which lesions may be detected in the nervous system. Cats were exposed to conditions of hypoxia, hypercapnia and acidemia, and hypoglycemia was induced in rats. ABR was recorded using the standard 10/sec click rate and also a higher (55/sec) rate during both the control state and experimental state. Various parameters of the ABR were compared at the two click rates in the control and experimental states to see if the higher click rate was more effective in detecting pathology in the nervous system. It was found that in only a very few cases was the higher stimulus presentation rate more effective, and that in general ABR recordings at one stimulus rate only is quite sufficient for work in a clinical setting.
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- S Freeman
- Dept. of Physiology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Jiang ZD, Wu YY, Zhang L. Amplitude change with click rate in human brainstem auditory-evoked responses. AUDIOLOGY : OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF AUDIOLOGY 1991; 30:173-82. [PMID: 1953446 DOI: 10.3109/00206099109072882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The effect of click rate on wave amplitude of human brainstem auditory-evoked response (BAER) was examined at repetition rates of 10, 30, 50, 70 and 90 Hz in 80 healthy children aged 1 month to 6 years and in 21 adults. As repetition rate was increased from 10 to 90 Hz at 70 dB HL, the amplitudes in different age groups decreased by 33-45% (0.109-179 microV) for wave I and 25-41% (0.055-0.145 microV) for wave V. The older the children, the larger the absolute decrements of wave amplitudes with increasing repetition rate, but the relative decrements or reduction rates of wave amplitudes exhibited no systematically age-related differences. The V/I amplitude ratio tended to increase with increasing repetition rate in most age groups, suggesting that the amplitude of wave I is affected by the repetition rate slightly more than that of wave V. The patterns of the changes in wave amplitudes with repetition rate at lower intensity levels were essentially similar.
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- Z D Jiang
- Department of Child Health, Children's Hospital, Shanghai Medical University, PRC
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Donaldson GS, Rubel EW. Effects of stimulus repetition rate on ABR threshold, amplitude and latency in neonatal and adult Mongolian gerbils. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 1990; 77:458-70. [PMID: 1701708 DOI: 10.1016/0168-5597(90)90006-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The ABR wave forms of 16-day-old and adult Mongolian gerbils were evoked by click stimuli presented at rates ranging from 1 to 80/sec. Wave I and wave IV thresholds were determined for each of 5 click rates. Amplitudes and latencies of waves I and IV were measured at each of 7 click rates and 3 intensity levels (15, 40 and 65 dB above threshold). Thresholds for waves I and IV in the adult gerbil and wave I in the 16 day gerbil were unaffected by changes in stimulus repetition rate. Neonatal wave IV thresholds were unaffected by click rate for rates below 25/sec but increased approximately 7 dB/decade increase in click rate when rate exceeded 25/sec. Increasing click rate produced greater reductions in ABR amplitude among neonates than adults for both waves I and IV. Decreases in amplitude due to increasing rate were independent of intensity level in both neonatal and adult subjects. Increasing rate produced similar increases in wave I latency among 16 day and adult subjects, but produced much greater increases in wave IV latency among neonates. Stimulus intensity level and click rate acted independently on wave I and wave IV latency in adult subjects and wave I latency in neonates. However, an interaction between rate and intensity was observed with respect to neonatal wave IV latency.
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- G S Donaldson
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville
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Shapiro SM, Hecox KE. Development of brainstem auditory evoked potentials in heterozygous and homozygous jaundiced Gunn rats. Brain Res 1988; 469:147-57. [PMID: 3401796 DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(88)90178-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Bilirubin toxicity is a significant clinical problem causing neurologic and audiologic sequelae. To better understand the pathogenesis of bilirubin toxicity in the immature nervous system we studied the development of brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) in jaundiced (jj) Gunn rats and their non-jaundiced (Jj) littermates. Littermate pairs of Jj and jj rats were studied serially from early infancy to adulthood. Replicated BAEPs to click stimuli at two different intensities (45 and 75 dB SPL) and rates (33 and 89/s) were obtained from animals anesthetized with ketamine and acepromazine and maintained at a constant rectal temperature. Jaundiced (jj) rats had increased latencies of waves II and III and the I-II and I-III intervals, and decreased amplitudes of waves II and III from 17 days of age through adulthood. For both groups, all latencies and interwave intervals decreased with age (P less than 0.0001 for each wave and interwave interval by repeated measures ANOVA), and the amplitude of II increased with age (P less than 0.0001). No group differences were found in wave I latency or amplitude, or in the latency change of waves I, II or III as a function of intensity (about 11 microseconds/dB at all ages), suggesting that peripheral auditory function is normal in jj rats. Finally, there were no different effects of stimulation rate on BAEP wave latencies between groups. The findings suggest dysfunction of the central (brainstem) auditory pathways at and rostral to the cochlear nuclei, and are consistent with studies showing destruction of the cochlear nuclei in this animal model and in humans with bilirubin toxicity. The central abnormalities previously found in adult, jaundiced rats are now demonstrated in animals as early as 17 days of age, when serum bilirubin concentration is maximum. The BAEP findings are similar to changes found in hyperbilirubinemic human neonates, and support the use of the Gunn rat animal model for the study of bilirubin encephalopathy.
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- S M Shapiro
- Department of Neurology, Waisman Center, Madison, WI 53705-2280
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Cone-Wesson B, Kurtzberg D, Vaughan HG. Electrophysiologic assessment of auditory pathways in high risk infants. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 1987; 14:203-14. [PMID: 3436723 DOI: 10.1016/0165-5876(87)90032-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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This study evaluated auditory processing in a group of 59 infants at risk for subsequent hearing and language disorders due to low birthweight and/or perinatal asphyxia. Auditory system integrity was evaluated electrophysiologically by recording the auditory brainstem response (ABR), middle latency response (MLR) and the cortical auditory evoked potential (CAEP). 63% of the babies had normal peripheral function or slight unilateral impairment; 84% had normal brainstem auditory system function; 82% showed normal MLRs; and 81% showed normal CAEPs. Fifty-three percent of the babies were normal on all tests and only 3% were deviant on all tests. The remaining infants showed diverse patterns of peripheral, brainstem and cortical abnormalities.
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- B Cone-Wesson
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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Auditory Brainstem Evoked Potentials (ABEP) were recorded from 53 adult subjects suffering from sudden deafness at the time of examination. The onset of sudden deafness was up to three years prior to the study. ABEP were recorded in response to 75 dBHL clicks presented at rates of 10/sec and 40/sec. ABEP peak latencies as well as interpeak latency differences, and also the effect of increasing stimulus rate, were determined for each patient and compared with the clinical symptoms. The psychoacoustic and ABEP detection thresholds were also compared. A highly significant correlation was observed between ABEP detection threshold and the psychoacoustically determined hearing threshold, and the differences between them were found to be insignificant. The results of this study indicate a central component in sudden deafness. This impairment manifests itself in abnormal effects of increasing stimulus rate on ABEP, and may be related to reduced central synaptic efficacy.
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Pratt H, Bleich N, Martin WH. Three-channel Lissajous' trajectory of human auditory brain-stem evoked potentials. III. Effects of click rate. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 1986; 63:438-44. [PMID: 2420560 DOI: 10.1016/0013-4694(86)90126-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Three-channel Lissajous' trajectories (3-CLT) of the human auditory brain-stem evoked potentials (ABEPs) were recorded from 14 adult subjects using click rates of 10, 55 and 80/sec. The 3-CLTs were analysed and described in terms of their constituent planar segments and their trajectory amplitudes at each stimulus rate. Increasing stimulus rate resulted in an increase of planar segment duration which was more pronounced for segments 'a' and 'e', an increase in apex latency which was more pronounced the later the component and a decrease in planar segment size and peak trajectory amplitude which was more pronounced the earlier the component. These findings support the involvement of synaptic efficacy changes in the effects of stimulus rate on ABEP. The results are explained by overlapping convergence and divergence in the ascending auditory pathway. These results support the notion that the principal generator of each component is activated by the principal generator of the previous component, with some temporal overlap of their activities. Such temporal overlap may be minimized by using low intensity high rate stimuli.
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Suzuki T, Kobayashi K, Takagi N. Effects of stimulus repetition rate on slow and fast components of auditory brain-stem responses. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 1986; 65:150-6. [PMID: 2419104 DOI: 10.1016/0168-5597(86)90048-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Effects of stimulus repetition rate on the slow and fast components of the auditory brain-stem response (ABR) were investigated in 10 adult subjects with normal hearing. The ABRs were recorded with click stimuli at repetition rates of 8, 13.3, 23.8, 40 and 90.9/sec and at an intensity level of 55 dB nHL. Power spectral analysis of the averaged responses was performed. Then the responses were divided into a slow component (0-400 Hz) and a fast component (400-1500 Hz) by using digital filtering technique. The magnitude of the slow component was little affected with increasing stimulus rate from 8/sec to 90.9/sec, while successive waves of the fast component, including wave V, decreased in amplitude as stimulus rate was increased. The latency of the slow component and each wave of the fast component was prolonged with increasing click rates. The shift of latency became longer in the later waves than in the earlier waves.
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Maurizi M, Almadori G, Cagini L, Molini E, Ottaviani F, Paludetti G, Pierri F. Auditory Brainstem Responses in the Full-Term Newborn: Changes in the First 58 Hours of Life: Potentiels évoqués auditifs du tronc cérébral chez le nouveau-né à terme: Modifications dans les 58 premières heures. Int J Audiol 1986. [DOI: 10.3109/00206098609078389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Yagi T, Baba S. Evaluation of the brain-stem function by the auditory brain-stem response and the caloric vestibular reaction in comatose patient. ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY 1983; 238:33-43. [PMID: 6603834 DOI: 10.1007/bf00453739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The auditory brain-stem response (ABR) and the caloric vestibular reaction (CVR) were investigated in 100 patients in deep coma to evaluate the brain-stem function of these patients precisely and to predict their prognosis accurately. In the first ABR examination, 54 patients showed normal and 46 abnormal ABRs. Among the latter, five showed partial wave disappearance and 21 exhibited no ABRs. Twenty-six of the 30 patients who recovered (87%) showed normal ABRs and 21 of the 57 who died (37%) also exhibited normal latency at that time. On the other hand, all the patients who showed wave disappearance (the absence of or only wave I response) died. Forty of 86 patients who underwent the CVR test showed some reaction. However, 46 patients showed no CVRs even in the first examination. Twenty-two of 26 patients who recovered exhibited some eye movements, while the remaining four showed no reaction at that time. From these results the following statements can be made. If total or partial (wave I) disappearance of the ABR in comatose patients is observed, one can predict a poor prognosis or death. If no reaction is observed in the CVR, however, one cannot always expect a poor prognosis.
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Gerling IJ, Finitzo-Hieber T. Auditory brainstem response with high stimulus rates in normal and patient populations. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1983; 92:119-23. [PMID: 6838099 DOI: 10.1177/000348948309200204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Normative data were collected on 48 subjects to determine the effects of increasing stimulus rates on the auditory brainstem response. These subjects were then compared to 221 patients referred for otoneurologic evaluation. The 90 patients with impaired auditory sensitivity demonstrated significantly less wave V latency shift than either the 131 patients with normal auditory sensitivity or the normal subjects. The incidence of abnormal wave V latency shift was 12% in the patients with normal auditory sensitivity and 8% in the patients with impaired auditory sensitivity. The high stimulus rate was often the only ABR parameter indicative of brainstem involvement in patients with documented CNS pathology. The authors conclude that a high stimulus rate contributes to the diagnosis of brainstem pathology often enough to warrant its routine use.
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Lien EJ, Lipsett LR, Lien LL. Structure side-effect sorting of drugs. VI. Ototoxicities. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND HOSPITAL PHARMACY 1983; 8:15-33. [PMID: 6841637 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.1983.tb00893.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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From a literature survey, over 130 (about 7.8%) drugs and chemicals have been associated with ototoxicities. The major classes are basic aminoglycoside and other antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, antimalarials, beta-blockers, antineoplastic agents, heavy metals, diuretics, some topical agents and various miscellaneous drugs. Possible mechanisms of action are presented and discussed. These include inhibition of protein synthesis, the glycolytic cycle, the TCA cycle, energy utilization, energy generation and the respiratory system within the mitochondria membrane of the hair cell, and also alteration of the permeability of the endolymphatic membrane or alteration of the excretion system for the basic aminoglycosides in the lateral wall of the membranous cochlea. The relative rank order of ototoxicity and reactivity toward mucopolysaccharides of five aminoglycosides is found to be related to the number of basic groups in each molecule.
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Blegvad B, Hvidegaard T. Hereditary dysfunction of the brain stem auditory pathways as the major cause of speech retardation. SCANDINAVIAN AUDIOLOGY 1983; 12:179-87. [PMID: 6648315 DOI: 10.3109/01050398309076244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Grossly abnormal auditory brain stem responses (ABR) and abnormally high stapedius reflex thresholds were found in 2 pairs of siblings, not akin. Pure tone audiometry showed moderate to moderately severe hearing impairment in all 4 subjects, but neither the ABR findings nor the stapedius reflex thresholds were compatible with pure cochlear lesions. In all the cases the benefit from using hearing aids was conspicuously poor, and the development of oral language markedly retarded, one pair of siblings being essentially incapable of oral--aural communication. A cousin to one of the pairs of siblings showed similar but less pronounced symptoms and signs. Intelligence was judged to be normal in all 5 individuals and neurologic examination did not reveal CNS abnormalities besides the hearing impairment. We assume dysfunction of the brain stem auditory pathways to be the main cause of the speech retardation in the 2 pairs of siblings and the abnormality to be hereditary in nature.
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Henry KR. Genetic influences on binaural summation and recovery rate of the brainstem auditory evoked response. Acta Otolaryngol 1982; 93:1-7. [PMID: 7064686 DOI: 10.3109/00016488209130846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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C57BL/6 and CBA/J inbred strains of mice, from 20 to 385 days of age, were exposed to 65 dB acoustic clicks at rates of 10, 20, 40 and 80 per second. For both genotypes, increasing the stimulus repetition rate increased latencies by 66, 141, 163, 188, and 356 mu sec for PI-V of the BSER, respectively. For the CBA/J mouse, there was a concurrent decline of all BSER amplitudes by approximately 45%. The C57BL/6 mouse showed this same 45% decline for PI, PII and PIV, although its PIII and PV amplitudes only declined by 25% as the repetition rate increased. Age had no observable influence on these variables. When binaural and monaural responses were compared, all ages and genotypes showed the same effect. For PI-III, binaural stimulation produced the same effect as did summing the responses obtained by monaurally stimulating the two ears. For PIV and PV, however, binaural stimulation reduced the amplitudes by 25 and 71%, respectively. These results were compared with data obtained from the cat and human. Although the rate-dependent BSER changes varied as a function of genotype, no genetic differences were observed in the binaural interactive effect, in spite of large differences of hearing ability in these inbred strains of mice.
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Kriterien bei der Differentialdiagnostik kochle�rer-retrokochle�rer Sch�den mit der Hirnstammaudiometrie. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1981. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00456143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Pratt H, Ben-David Y, Peled R, Podoshin L, Scharf B. Auditory brain stem evoked potentials: clinical promise of increasing stimulus rate. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 1981; 51:80-90. [PMID: 6161784 DOI: 10.1016/0013-4694(81)91511-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Auditory brain stem evoked potentials (ABEPs) were recorded from 10 adults and 10 children who where neurologically and audiometrically normal. ABEPs were recorded in response to 75 dB HL clicks presented at rates of 10/sec and 50/sec. Normative values were calculated for amplitude and latency, as well as for inter-peak amplitude ratio and a variety of inter-peak latency differences and interaural differences at the two stimulus presentation rates. Normative values of the effect of increasing stimulus rate were calculated as well. Measures of changes in ABEPs between stimulus rates of 50/sec and 10/sec were the only derived measures that were significantly different between our adult and child normal populations. In addition, 50 patients with various conditions affecting the brain stem were examined. Increasing stimulus presentation rate had a significant effect on detection of abnormality in ABEPs from the patients examined. Measures of changes in ABEPs between stimulus rates of 50/sec and 10/sec seemed to be sensitive to a subset of abnormalities in our patient population. The case histories of the patients indicate that the subset may be impaired synaptic function. Measures of the effect of rate on ABEPs may complement the traditional measures that are primarily sensitive to white matter lesions.
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Fujita M, Hosoki M, Miyazaki M. Brainstem auditory evoked responses in spinocerebellar degeneration and Wilson disease. Ann Neurol 1981; 9:42-7. [PMID: 7212664 DOI: 10.1002/ana.410090108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Brainstem auditory evoked responses (BAERs) were studied in 30 healthy subjects, 20 patients with spinocerebellar degeneration (SCD), and 6 patients with Wilson's disease. In addition to the standard 8 click per second stimulation rate, increased stimulation frequency was applied which identified wave V for its stability under different stimulation rates. No prolongation of wave latencies was noted in SCD patients, irrespective of clinical features, except in 1 patient who had a latency slightly above the normal range. Wilson disease with neurological symptoms produced prolongation of wave latencies in every case, whereas the patients without neurological involvement showed a normal BAER pattern.
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Yagi T, Kaga K, Baba S. A study of cases with partial disappearance of the waves in the auditory brain stem response. ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY 1980; 226:251-8. [PMID: 7458758 DOI: 10.1007/bf00455586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Twenty cases which showed partial loss of ABR waves were reported. Only wave I was recorded in 18 ears tested. Wave I and II; I-III; and I-IV responses were observed in four, eight, and five ears tested, respectively. Cases included pontine glioma (8), acoustic tumor (4), West syndrome (2), leukodystrophy (2), facial neurinoma (1), epidermoid tumor (1), pontine bleeding (1), and unknown cause (1). Fourteen of 20 were tumor cases. This fact indicates that if the ABR shows partial loss of waves, the examiner should first suspect the space-occupying lesions of the brain stem.
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The early components of the auditory evoked potential within 10 msec following an auditory stimulus are attributed to the brain stem auditory nuclei and pathways. In pediatric neurology the auditory brain stem response (ABR) can be applied to: 1) differential diagnosis of hearing impairment in young children including objective threshold measurement of hearing, 2) electrophysiological evaluation of maturation of the auditory pathways, 3) diagnosis of the site and/or extent of neurlogical diseases affecting the brain stem and 4) observation of a degenerating process of degenerative diseases in the central nervous system. The paper is especially concerned with the application of ABR to severe neurological diseases in children including central auditory dysfunction, cerebral palsy, infantile spasm, adrenoleucodystrophy, anoxic brain damage and Down's syndrome. Value and limitation of ABR audiometry in the clinical practice were mentioned, and a special emphasis was placed on the fact that all types of auditory tests including behavioral, electrophysiological, and developmental tests are indispensable, because the ABR, like other indicators, also has its own limitation.
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