Date of Award
2008
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Program
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Supervisor
Dr. David Purcell
Second Advisor
Dr. Prudence Allen
Abstract
This manuscript provides data on contralateral suppression of distortion product otoacoustic emissions in normal hearing children and children with Auditory Processing Disorders. Listeners included children 8 to 13 years-old. DPOAEs were elicited at three test frequencies around a narrow test ratio of f2∕f∣ = 1.1 along with the traditional f/fi =
1.22. Results suggest a frequency effect with suppression decreasing as f2 frequency increased, and a ratio effect with greater suppression at the narrow ratio. Additionally, no significant differences existed between normal children and previously obtained adult norms for measures of maximum suppression, mean suppression and maximum/mean suppression ratio. The APD group however, showed greater variance in these measures than normal children, reaching significance for maximum suppression at f2 = 3 kHz and f/fi = 1.22. The large variance of the APD population may be of clinical interest pending a better understanding of the deficits underlying the disorder.
Recommended Citation
Butler, Blake E., "CONTRALATERAL SUPPRESSION OF DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS IN CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDERS" (2008). Digitized Theses. 4594.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/digitizedtheses/4594