Slow Cortical Potentials and Amplification-part I: N1-p2 Measures

Overview

Journal Int J Otolaryngol

Specialty Otorhinolaryngology

Date 2012 Nov 3

PMID 23118756

Citations 11

Authors

Susan Marynewich

Lorienne M Jenstad

David R Stapells

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Abstract

Slow cortical potentials (SCPs) are currently of great interest in the hearing aid fitting process for infants; however, there is conflicting evidence in the literature concerning the use of SCPs for this purpose. The current study investigated SCP amplitudes and latencies in young normal-hearing listeners in response to a 60 ms duration tonal stimulus (1000 Hz) presented at three intensities (30, 50, and 70 dB SPL) in aided and unaided conditions using three hearing aids (Analog, DigitalA, and DigitalB) with two gain settings (20 and 40 dB). Results showed that SCP amplitudes were smaller for the digital hearing aids compared with the analog hearing aid, and none of the hearing aids resulted in a reliable increase in response amplitude relative to the unaided across conditions. SCP latencies in analog conditions were not significantly different from latencies in the unaided conditions; however, both digital hearing aids resulted in significantly delayed SCP latencies. The results of the current study (as well as several previous studies) indicate that the SCP may not accurately reflect the amplified stimulus expected from the prescribed hearing aids. Thus, "aided-SCP" results must be interpreted with caution, and more research is required concerning possible clinical use of this technique.

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