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The Cumulative Effect of Auditory Fatigue Following Repeated High Level Pure Tone Stimulation

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dc.contributor Epstein, Aubrey
dc.creator Stanfield, Gordon Lee
dc.date 2022-03-29T16:59:45Z
dc.date 2022-03-29T16:59:45Z
dc.date 1967-09
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-24T18:26:54Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-24T18:26:54Z
dc.identifier https://hdl.handle.net/2022/27450
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/260315
dc.description Thesis (M.A.) - Indiana University, Department of Speech and Theatre, 1967
dc.description Fatigue has been one of the most extensively studied phenomena of the auditory system. Many of the parameters of fatigue have been defined and limited. There are several comprehensive monographs which deal specifically with this problem and provide an excellent review of the literature (Hood, 1950; Kyiin, 1960; Ward, 1963). Auditory fatigue, also called temporary threshold shift, is identified as a shift toward poorer threshold (less sensitivity) following exposure to a supra-threshold auditory stimulus. Immediately upon cessation of the exposure stimulus the shifted threshold begins to return to normal, swiftly at first and then more slowly. Ewing and Littler (1953) were among the first to definitely establish the existence of fatigue and to relate its extent to the intensity, frequency, and duration of the exposure stimulus. Harris (1955) attempted to show that an ear is not physiologically the same following exposure even though the threshold has recovered. Jerger (1958) reported that the time required for a threshold to return to within 10 or 20 dB of its pre-exposure value increases with repeated exposures. In today’s clinical procedures audiologists use high intensity masking noises without control or concern of how the fatigue caused by this masking might affect later measures. Many experimenters have assumed that once the threshold has returned to its pre-exposure level, the exposed ear is normal. There have been few rigorous attempts to examine the cumulative affects that repeated high level stimulation might have upon the auditory system.
dc.language en
dc.publisher [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University
dc.rights This work is under a CC-BY-NC license. You are free to copy and redistribute the material in any format, as well as remix, transform, and build upon the material as long as you give appropriate credit to the original creator, provide a link to the license, and indicate any changes made. You may not use this work for commercial purpose.
dc.rights https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject Cumulative auditory fatigue
dc.title The Cumulative Effect of Auditory Fatigue Following Repeated High Level Pure Tone Stimulation
dc.type Thesis


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