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Wang Z, Duan P, Akamatsu T, Wang K, Wang D. Increased Yangtze finless porpoise presence in urban Wuhan waters of the Yangtze River during fishing closures. Ecol Evol 2024; 14:e11247. [PMID: 38584767 PMCID: PMC10994980 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 03/18/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024] Open
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Wuhan, a highly urbanized and rapidly growing region within China's Yangtze Economic Zone, has historically been identified as a gap area for the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) based on daytime visual surveys. However, there has been a noticeable increase in porpoise sightings since 2020. This study employed passive acoustic monitoring to investigate porpoise distribution in Wuhan between 2020 and 2022. Generalized linear models were used to explore the relationship between shipping, hydrological patterns, light intensity, and porpoise biosonar activity. Over 603 days of effective monitoring, the daily positive rate for porpoise biosonar detection reached 43%, with feeding-related buzz signals accounting for 55% of all porpoise biosonar signals. However, the proportion of minutes during which porpoise presence was detected was 0.18%, suggesting that while porpoises may frequent the area, their visits were brief and mainly focused on feeding. A significant temporal trend emerged, showing higher porpoise biosonar detection during winter (especially in February) and 2022. Additionally, periods without boat traffic correlated with increased porpoise activity. Hydrological conditions and light levels exhibited significant negative correlations with porpoise activity. Specifically, porpoise sonar detections were notably higher during the night, twilight, and new moon phases. It is highly conceivable that both fishing bans and COVID-19 pandemic-related lockdowns contributed to the heightened presence of porpoises in Wuhan. The rapid development of municipal transportation and shipping in Wuhan and resulting underwater noise pollution have emerged as a significant threat to the local porpoise population. Accordingly, it is imperative for regulatory bodies to effectively address this environmental stressor and formulate targeted protection measures to ensure the conservation of the finless porpoise.
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- Zhi‐Tao Wang
- School of Marine ScienceNingbo UniversityNingboZhejiangChina
- Institute of HydrobiologyChinese Academy of SciencesWuhanChina
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- Institute of HydrobiologyChinese Academy of SciencesWuhanChina
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- Ocean Policy Research Institutethe Sasakawa Peace FoundationMinato‐ku, TokyoJapan
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- Institute of HydrobiologyChinese Academy of SciencesWuhanChina
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- Institute of HydrobiologyChinese Academy of SciencesWuhanChina
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Dadgarnia M, Mandegari M, Zand V, Vaziribozorg S, Zare-Zardini H, Mousaviyazdi K, Kheradmandi M. The effect of vitamin B12 on idiopathic tinnitus. Am J Otolaryngol 2024; 45:104028. [PMID: 37647778 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2023.104028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Tinnitus is one of the most important challenges in the field of ear, nose and throat diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of vitamin B12 on idiopathic tinnitus. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this double-blind clinical trial study, 140 patients with idiopathic tinnitus were divided into two groups, the group receiving vitamin B12 and the group receiving placebo. The first group received vitamin B12 for a month and the other group received placebo. All patients filled a THI questionnaire before the participation, one month and three months after the participation. VAS evaluation questionnaires were also filled for the patients before the participation, one month and three months after the participation. The effect of vitamin B12 on tinnitus was also assessed according to hearing loss status. The two groups were also compared regarding the side effects. RESULTS There was no significant differences between two groups regarding age (p.value = 0.523), gender (females (p.value = 0.810) and males (p.value = 0.789), and hearing loss status (p value = 0.651). According to VAS score, there was no significant statistical differences in tinnitus severity in each group (B12 group, p.value = 0.851 and placebo group, p.value = 0.386). There was no significant statistical differences in tinnitus severity based on VAS score between two groups before the participation (p.value = 0.560), one month (p.value = 0.485) and three months (p.value = 0.254) after the participation. According to THI criterion, there was no significant statistical differences in tinnitus severity in each group (B12 group, p.value = 0.259 and placebo group, p.value = 0.521). There was no significant statistical differences in tinnitus severity based on THI score between two groups before the participation (p.value = 0.651), one month (p.value = 0.125) and three months (p.value = 0.089) after the participation. None of the patients of the two groups had any noticeable side effects. The mean of VAS and THI also had no statistically significant difference before and after the intervention in term of hearing loss status (p.value>0.05). These results were not significantly different between the two groups in term of hearing loss status (p value>0.05). CONCLUSION The result of this study indicated that vitamin B12 has no distinctive effect on reducing tinnitus severity.
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- Mohammadhossein Dadgarnia
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Hematology and Oncology Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
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Potential Effects on Human Safety and Health from Infrasound and Audible Frequencies Generated by Vibrations of Diesel Engines Using Biofuel Blends at the Workplaces of Sustainable Engineering Systems. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14137554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Employees involved in various occupational environments that include vibration machines and any kind of vehicles are adversely subjected to multiple source noise. Thus, the corresponding noise frequencies (and mainly the infrasound ones) present high interest, especially from the viewpoint of sustainability, due to the potential effects on human safety and health (H_S&H) in sustainable engineering projects. Moreover, the occupational safety and health (OSH) visualization (a fact of unveiling the social dimension of sustainability) of occupational workplaces (by evaluating the infrasound and audible noise frequencies generated by diesel engines) could help a safety officer to lessen crucial risk factors in the OSH field and also to protect, more efficiently, the employees by taking the most essential safety measures. This study (i) suggests a technique to determine the infrasound and audible sound frequencies produced due to vibrations of diesel engines, by using biofuels (i.e., sustainable utilization of resources), in order to evaluate potential effects on human safety and health at the workplaces of sustainable engineering projects, and (ii) it ultimately aims to contribute to the improvement of the three “sustainability pillars” (economy, social, and environmental). Therefore, it provides experimental results of the frequency of the noise (regarding the infrasound and audible spectrum) that a diesel motor generates by vibration, in the frame of using different engine rpms (850, 1150, and 2000) and a variety of biofuel mixtures (B20-D80, B40-D60, B60-D40, and B80-D20). The article shows that the fuel blend meaningfully affects the generated noise, and more particularly, the usage of biofuel blends coming from mixing diesel oil with biodiesel (a fact of the emerging environmental dimension of sustainability) can produce various noise frequencies, which are determined in the infrasound and audible spectra (~10–23 Hz). The suggested technique, by ameliorating the OSH situation, doubtless will help enterprises to achieve the finest allocation of limited financial resources (a fact corresponding to the economic dimension of sustainability), allowing financial managers to have more available budget for implementing other risk-reduction projects.
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de Kleine E, Maat B, Metzemaekers JD, van Dijk P. Carbamazepine induces upward frequency shifts of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions. Hear Res 2022; 420:108492. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2022.108492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Luecke VN, Buchwieser L, Zu Eulenburg P, Marquardt T, Drexl M. Ocular and cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials elicited by air-conducted, low-frequency sound. J Vestib Res 2020; 30:235-247. [PMID: 32925129 DOI: 10.3233/ves-200712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sound is not only detected by the cochlea, but also, at high intensities, by the vestibular system. Acoustic activation of the vestibular system can manifest itself in vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs). In a clinical setting, VEMPs are usually evoked with rather high-frequency sound (500 Hz and higher), despite the fact that only a fraction of saccular and utricular hair cells in the striolar region is available for high-frequency stimulation. OBJECTIVE As a growing proportion of the population complains about low-frequency environmental noise, including reports on vestibular symptoms, the activation of the vestibular system by low-frequency sound deserves better understanding. METHODS We recorded growth functions of oVEMPs and cVEMPs evoked with air-conducted sound at 120 Hz and below. We estimated VEMP thresholds and tested whether phase changes of the stimulus carrier result in changes of VEMP amplitude and latency. RESULTS The VEMP response of the otholith organs to low-frequency sound is uniform and not tuned when corrected for middle ear attenuation by A-weighting the stimulus level. Different stimulus carrier phases result in phase-correlated changes of cVEMP latencies and amplitudes. CONCLUSIONS VEMPs can be evoked with rather low-frequency sound, but high thresholds suggest that they are unlikely to be triggered by environmental sounds.
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- Vivien Nancy Luecke
- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders - IFB LMU, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders - IFB LMU, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders - IFB LMU, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.,Institute for Neuroradiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- UCL Ear Institute, 332 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8EE, United Kingdom
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- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders - IFB LMU, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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Lubner RJ, Kondamuri NS, Knoll RM, Ward BK, Littlefield PD, Rodgers D, Abdullah KG, Remenschneider AK, Kozin ED. Review of Audiovestibular Symptoms Following Exposure to Acoustic and Electromagnetic Energy Outside Conventional Human Hearing. Front Neurol 2020; 11:234. [PMID: 32411067 PMCID: PMC7199630 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Objective: We aim to examine the existing literature on, and identify knowledge gaps in, the study of adverse animal and human audiovestibular effects from exposure to acoustic or electromagnetic waves that are outside of conventional human hearing. Design/Setting/Participants: A review was performed, which included searches of relevant MeSH terms using PubMed, Embase, and Scopus. Primary outcomes included documented auditory and/or vestibular signs or symptoms in animals or humans exposed to infrasound, ultrasound, radiofrequency, and magnetic resonance imaging. The references of these articles were then reviewed in order to identify primary sources and literature not captured by electronic search databases. Results: Infrasound and ultrasound acoustic waves have been described in the literature to result in audiovestibular symptomology following exposure. Technology emitting infrasound such as wind turbines and rocket engines have produced isolated reports of vestibular symptoms, including dizziness and nausea and auditory complaints, such as tinnitus following exposure. Occupational exposure to both low frequency and high frequency ultrasound has resulted in reports of wide-ranging audiovestibular symptoms, with less robust evidence of symptomology following modern-day exposure via new technology such as remote controls, automated door openers, and wireless phone chargers. Radiofrequency exposure has been linked to both auditory and vestibular dysfunction in animal models, with additional historical evidence of human audiovestibular disturbance following unquantifiable exposure. While several theories, such as the cavitation theory, have been postulated as a cause for symptomology, there is extremely limited knowledge of the pathophysiology behind the adverse effects that particular exposure frequencies, intensities, and durations have on animals and humans. This has created a knowledge gap in which much of our understanding is derived from retrospective examination of patients who develop symptoms after postulated exposures. Conclusion and Relevance: Evidence for adverse human audiovestibular symptomology following exposure to acoustic waves and electromagnetic energy outside the spectrum of human hearing is largely rooted in case series or small cohort studies. Further research on the pathogenesis of audiovestibular dysfunction following acoustic exposure to these frequencies is critical to understand reported symptoms.
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- Rory J. Lubner
- Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
- Department of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, United States
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- Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
- Department of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, United States
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Ueberfuhr MA, Drexl M. Slow oscillatory changes of DPOAE magnitude and phase after exposure to intense low-frequency sounds. J Neurophysiol 2019; 122:118-131. [PMID: 31042448 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00204.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Sensitive sound detection within the mammalian cochlea is performed by hair cells surrounded by cochlear fluids. Maintenance of cochlear fluid homeostasis and tight regulation of intracellular conditions in hair cells are crucial for the auditory transduction process but can be impaired by intense sound stimulation. After a short, intense low-frequency sound, the cochlea shows the previously described "bounce phenomenon," which manifests itself as slow oscillatory changes of hearing thresholds and otoacoustic emissions. In this study, distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) were recorded after Mongolian gerbils were exposed to intense low-frequency sounds (200 Hz, 100 dB SPL) with different exposure times up to 1 h. After all sound exposure durations, a certain percentage of recordings (up to 80% after 1.5-min-long exposure) showed oscillatory DPOAE changes, similar to the bounce phenomenon in humans. Changes were quite uniform with respect to size and time course, and they were independent from sound exposure duration. Changes showed states of hypo- and hyperactivity with either state preceding the other. The direction of changes was suggested to depend on the static position of the cochlear operating point. As assessed with DPOAEs, no indication for a permanent damage after several or long exposure times was detected. We propose that sensitivity changes occur due to alterations of the mechanoelectrical transduction process of outer hair cells. Those alterations could be induced by different challenged homeostatic processes with slow electromotility of outer hair cells being the most plausible source of the bounce phenomenon. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Low-frequency, high-intensity sound can cause slowly cycling activity changes in the mammalian cochlea. We examined the effect of low-frequency sound duration on the degree of these alterations. We found that cochlear changes showed a stereotypical biphasic pattern independent of sound exposure duration, but the probability that significant changes occurred decreased with increasing sound duration. Despite exposure durations of up to 1 h, no permanent or transient impairments of the cochlea were detected.
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- Margarete A Ueberfuhr
- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München , Munich , Germany.,Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Martinsried, Germany
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- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München , Munich , Germany
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Raufer S, Masud SF, Nakajima HH. Infrasound transmission in the human ear: Implications for acoustic and vestibular responses of the normal and dehiscent inner ear. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2018; 144:332. [PMID: 30075646 PMCID: PMC6072551 DOI: 10.1121/1.5046523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Revised: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The transmission of infrasound within the human ear is not well understood. To investigate infrasound propagation through the middle and inner ear, velocities of the stapes and round window membrane were measured to very low frequencies (down to 0.9 Hz from 2000 Hz) in fresh cadaveric human specimens. Results from ear-canal sound stimulation responses show that below 200 Hz, the middle ear impedance is dominated by its stiffness term, limiting sound transmission to the inner ear. During air-conduction, normal ears have approximately equal volume velocities at the oval (stapes) and round windows, known as a two-window system. However, perturbing the impedance of the inner ear with a superior canal dehiscence (SCD), a pathological opening of the bone surrounding the semicircular canal, breaks down this simple two-window system. SCD changes the volume velocity flow in the inner ear, particularly at low frequencies. The experimental findings and model predictions in this study demonstrate that low-frequency auditory and vestibular sound transmission can be affected by a change in the inner-ear impedance due to a SCD.
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- Stefan Raufer
- Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Tosteson Medical Education Center 35, 260 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Tosteson Medical Education Center 35, 260 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Carlile S, Davy JL, Hillman D, Burgemeister K. A Review of the Possible Perceptual and Physiological Effects of Wind Turbine Noise. Trends Hear 2018; 22:2331216518789551. [PMID: 30084316 PMCID: PMC6081752 DOI: 10.1177/2331216518789551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Revised: 06/24/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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This review considers the nature of the sound generated by wind turbines focusing on the low-frequency sound (LF) and infrasound (IS) to understand the usefulness of the sound measures where people work and sleep. A second focus concerns the evidence for mechanisms of physiological transduction of LF/IS or the evidence for somatic effects of LF/IS. While the current evidence does not conclusively demonstrate transduction, it does present a strong prima facia case. There are substantial outstanding questions relating to the measurement and propagation of LF and IS and its encoding by the central nervous system relevant to possible perceptual and physiological effects. A range of possible research areas are identified.
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- Simon Carlile
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia
- Starkey Hearing Research Centre, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia
- CSIRO Infrastructure Technologies, Clayton South, Australia
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Lichtenhan JT, Lee C, Dubaybo F, Wenrich KA, Wilson US. The Auditory Nerve Overlapped Waveform (ANOW) Detects Small Endolymphatic Manipulations That May Go Undetected by Conventional Measurements. Front Neurosci 2017; 11:405. [PMID: 28769744 PMCID: PMC5513905 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Electrocochleography (ECochG) has been used to assess Ménière's disease, a pathology associated with endolymphatic hydrops and low-frequency sensorineural hearing loss. However, the current ECochG techniques are limited for use at high-frequencies only (≥1 kHz) and cannot be used to assess and understand the low-frequency sensorineural hearing loss in ears with Ménière's disease. In the current study, we use a relatively new ECochG technique to make measurements that originate from afferent auditory nerve fibers in the apical half of the cochlear spiral to assess effects of endolymphatic hydrops in guinea pig ears. These measurements are made from the Auditory Nerve Overlapped Waveform (ANOW). Hydrops was induced with artificial endolymph injections, iontophoretically applied Ca2+ to endolymph, and exposure to 200 Hz tones. The manipulations used in this study were far smaller than those used in previous investigations on hydrops. In response to all hydropic manipulations, ANOW amplitude to moderate level stimuli was markedly reduced but conventional ECochG measurements of compound action potential thresholds were unaffected (i.e., a less than 2 dB threshold shift). Given the origin of the ANOW, changes in ANOW amplitude likely reflect acute volume disturbances accumulate in the distensible cochlear apex. These results suggest that the ANOW could be used to advance our ability to identify initial stages of dysfunction in ears with Ménière's disease before the pathology progresses to an extent that can be detected with conventional measures.
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- Jeffery T Lichtenhan
- Department of Otolaryngology Washington University School of MedicineSaint Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology Washington University School of MedicineSaint Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology Washington University School of MedicineSaint Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology Washington University School of MedicineSaint Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL, United States
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Ueberfuhr MA, Wiegrebe L, Krause E, Gürkov R, Drexl M. Tinnitus in Normal-Hearing Participants after Exposure to Intense Low-Frequency Sound and in Ménière's Disease Patients. Front Neurol 2017; 7:239. [PMID: 28105023 PMCID: PMC5215134 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2016.00239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Accepted: 12/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Tinnitus is one of the three classical symptoms of Ménière’s disease (MD), an inner ear disease that is often accompanied by endolymphatic hydrops. Previous studies indicate that tinnitus in MD patients is dominated by low frequencies, whereas tinnitus in non-hydropic pathologies is typically higher in frequency. Tinnitus of rather low-frequency (LF) quality was also reported to occur for about 90 s in normal-hearing participants after presentation of intense, LF sound (120 dB SPL, 30 Hz, 90 s). LF sound has been demonstrated to also cause temporary endolymphatic hydrops in animal models. Here, we quantify tinnitus in two study groups with chronic (MD patients) and presumably transient endolymphatic hydrops (normal-hearing participants after LF exposure) with a psychophysical procedure. Participants matched their tinnitus either with a pure tone of adjustable frequency and level or with a noise of adjustable spectral shape and level. Sensation levels of matching stimuli were lower for MD patients (mean: 8 dB SL) than for normal-hearing participants (mean: 15 dB SL). Transient tinnitus after LF-exposure occurred in all normal-hearing participants (N = 28). About half of the normal-hearing participants matched noise to their tinnitus, the other half chose a pure tone with frequencies below 2 kHz. MD patients matched their tinnitus with either high-frequency pure tones, mainly above 3 kHz, or with a noise. Despite a significant proportion of MD patients matching low-pass (roaring) noises to their tinnitus, the range of matched stimuli was more heterogeneous than previous data suggested. We propose that in those participants with noise-like tinnitus, the percept is probably generated by increased spontaneous activity of auditory nerve fibers with a broad range of characteristic frequencies, due to an impaired ion balance in the cochlea. For tonal tinnitus, additional mechanisms are conceivable: focal hair cell loss can result in decreased auditory nerve firing and a central auditory overcompensation. Also, normal-hearing participants after LF-exposure experience alterations in spontaneous otoacoustic emissions, which may contribute to a transient tonal tinnitus.
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- Margarete Anna Ueberfuhr
- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Munich, Germany; Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Martinsried, Germany
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- Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Martinsried, Germany; Division of Neurobiology, Department Biology II, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Martinsried, Germany
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- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Munich, Germany; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Grosshadern Medical Centre, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Munich, Germany; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Grosshadern Medical Centre, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München , Munich , Germany
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Aftereffects of Intense Low-Frequency Sound on Spontaneous Otoacoustic Emissions: Effect of Frequency and Level. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2016; 18:111-119. [PMID: 27761740 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-016-0590-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2016] [Accepted: 09/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The presentation of intense, low-frequency (LF) sound to the human ear can cause very slow, sinusoidal oscillations of cochlear sensitivity after LF sound offset, coined the "Bounce" phenomenon. Changes in level and frequency of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions (SOAEs) are a sensitive measure of the Bounce. Here, we investigated the effect of LF sound level and frequency on the Bounce. Specifically, the level of SOAEs was tracked for minutes before and after a 90-s LF sound exposure. Trials were carried out with several LF sound levels (93 to 108 dB SPL corresponding to 47 to 75 phons at a fixed frequency of 30 Hz) and different LF sound frequencies (30, 60, 120, 240 and 480 Hz at a fixed loudness level of 80 phons). At an LF sound frequency of 30 Hz, a minimal sound level of 102 dB SPL (64 phons) was sufficient to elicit a significant Bounce. In some subjects, however, 93 dB SPL (47 phons), the lowest level used, was sufficient to elicit the Bounce phenomenon and actual thresholds could have been even lower. Measurements with different LF sound frequencies showed a mild reduction of the Bounce phenomenon with increasing LF sound frequency. This indicates that the strength of the Bounce not only is a simple function of the spectral separation between SOAE and LF sound frequency but also depends on absolute LF sound frequency, possibly related to the magnitude of the AC component of the outer hair cell receptor potential.
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Ruser A, Dähne M, van Neer A, Lucke K, Sundermeyer J, Siebert U, Houser DS, Finneran JJ, Everaarts E, Meerbeek J, Dietz R, Sveegaard S, Teilmann J. Assessing auditory evoked potentials of wild harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2016; 140:442. [PMID: 27475168 DOI: 10.1121/1.4955306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Testing the hearing abilities of marine mammals under water is a challenging task. Sample sizes are usually low, thus limiting the ability to generalize findings of susceptibility towards noise influences. A method to measure harbor porpoise hearing thresholds in situ in outdoor conditions using auditory steady state responses of the brainstem was developed and tested. The method was used on 15 live-stranded animals from the North Sea during rehabilitation, shortly before release into the wild, and on 12 wild animals incidentally caught in pound nets in Denmark (inner Danish waters). Results indicated that although the variability between individuals is wide, the shape of the hearing curve is generally similar to previously published results from behavioral trials. Using 10-kHz frequency intervals between 10 and 160 kHz, best hearing was found between 120 and 130 kHz. Additional testing using one-third octave frequency intervals (from 16 to 160 kHz) allowed for a much faster hearing assessment, but eliminated the fine scale threshold characteristics. For further investigations, the method will be used to better understand the factors influencing sensitivity differences across individuals and to establish population-level parameters describing hearing abilities of harbor porpoises.
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- Andreas Ruser
- Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Büsum, SH, Germany
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- Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Büsum, SH, Germany
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- Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Büsum, SH, Germany
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- Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Büsum, SH, Germany
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- Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Büsum, SH, Germany
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- Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Büsum, SH, Germany
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- National Marine Mammal Foundation, San Diego, California 92106, USA
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- U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, California 92152, USA
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- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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The perceptual insensitivity to low frequency (LF) sound in humans has led to an underestimation of the physiological impact of LF exposure on the inner ear. It is known, however, that intense, LF sound causes cyclic changes of indicators of inner ear function after LF stimulus offset, for which the term "Bounce" phenomenon has been coined.Here, we show that the mechanical amplification of hair cells (OHCs) is significantly affected after the presentation of LF sound. First, we show the Bounce phenomenon in slow level changes of quadratic, but not cubic, distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs). Second, Bouncing in response to LF sound is seen in slow, oscillating frequency and correlated level changes of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions (SOAEs). Surprisingly, LF sound can induce new SOAEs which can persist for tens of seconds. Further, we show that the Bounce persists under free-field conditions, i.e. without an in-ear probe occluding the auditory meatus. Finally, we show that the Bounce is affected by contralateral acoustic stimulation synchronised to the ipsilateral LF sound. These findings clearly demonstrate that the origin of the Bounce lies in the modulation of cochlear amplifier gain. We conclude that activity changes of OHCs are the source of the Bounce, most likely caused by a temporary disturbance of OHC calcium homeostasis. In the light of these findings, the effects of long-duration, anthropogenic LF sound on the human inner ear require further research.
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Drexl M, Otto L, Wiegrebe L, Marquardt T, Gürkov R, Krause E. Low-frequency sound exposure causes reversible long-term changes of cochlear transfer characteristics. Hear Res 2016; 332:87-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2015.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Revised: 11/16/2015] [Accepted: 12/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Kugler K, Wiegrebe L, Gürkov R, Krause E, Drexl M. Concurrent Acoustic Activation of the Medial Olivocochlear System Modifies the After-Effects of Intense Low-Frequency Sound on the Human Inner Ear. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2015; 16:713-25. [PMID: 26264256 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-015-0538-4] [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: 02/10/2015] [Accepted: 07/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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>Human hearing is rather insensitive for very low frequencies (i.e. below 100 Hz). Despite this insensitivity, low-frequency sound can cause oscillating changes of cochlear gain in inner ear regions processing even much higher frequencies. These alterations outlast the duration of the low-frequency stimulation by several minutes, for which the term 'bounce phenomenon' has been coined. Previously, we have shown that the bounce can be traced by monitoring frequency and level changes of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions (SOAEs) over time. It has been suggested elsewhere that large receptor potentials elicited by low-frequency stimulation produce a net Ca(2+) influx and associated gain decrease in outer hair cells. The bounce presumably reflects an underdamped, homeostatic readjustment of increased Ca(2+) concentrations and related gain changes after low-frequency sound offset. Here, we test this hypothesis by activating the medial olivocochlear efferent system during presentation of the bounce-evoking low-frequency (LF) sound. The efferent system is known to modulate outer hair cell Ca(2+) concentrations and receptor potentials, and therefore, it should modulate the characteristics of the bounce phenomenon. We show that simultaneous presentation of contralateral broadband noise (100 Hz-8 kHz, 65 and 70 dB SPL, 90 s, activating the efferent system) and ipsilateral low-frequency sound (30 Hz, 120 dB SPL, 90 s, inducing the bounce) affects the characteristics of bouncing SOAEs recorded after low-frequency sound offset. Specifically, the decay time constant of the SOAE level changes is shorter, and the transient SOAE suppression is less pronounced. Moreover, the number of new, transient SOAEs as they are seen during the bounce, are reduced. Taken together, activation of the medial olivocochlear system during induction of the bounce phenomenon with low-frequency sound results in changed characteristics of the bounce phenomenon. Thus, our data provide experimental support for the hypothesis that outer hair cell calcium homeostasis is the source of the bounce phenomenon.
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- Kathrin Kugler
- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders (IFB), Grosshadern Medical Centre, University of Munich, 81377, Munich, Germany.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Grosshadern Medical Centre, University of Munich, 81377, Munich, Germany.,Division of Neurobiology, Department Biology II, University of Munich, 82152, Martinsried, Germany
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- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders (IFB), Grosshadern Medical Centre, University of Munich, 81377, Munich, Germany.,Division of Neurobiology, Department Biology II, University of Munich, 82152, Martinsried, Germany
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- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders (IFB), Grosshadern Medical Centre, University of Munich, 81377, Munich, Germany.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Grosshadern Medical Centre, University of Munich, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders (IFB), Grosshadern Medical Centre, University of Munich, 81377, Munich, Germany.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Grosshadern Medical Centre, University of Munich, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders (IFB), Grosshadern Medical Centre, University of Munich, 81377, Munich, Germany. .,Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Grosshadern Medical Centre, University of Munich, 81377, Munich, Germany. .,Division of Neurobiology, Department Biology II, University of Munich, 82152, Martinsried, Germany.
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