Pure-tone Audiogram - Measuring Auditory Sensitivity over the Age

João Paulo Teixeira, Paula Odete Fernandes

2013

Abstract

In this study a pure tone audiogram was developed under the Matlab® mathematical software. Audiogram measurements were performed to 35 subjects belonging to the female and male and aged between 10 and 88 years old. Some of the subjects with more advanced age had hearing problems over the course of age, however, none of them was carrying any type of hearing aid. The threshold of the Sound Pressure Level (SPL) was recorded under 12 pure tones between 125 Hz and 15 kHz. The developed pure-tone audiogram confirmed its ability to produce auditory brainstem responses (ABRs). Statistical analysis of the SPL threshold shows no differences between genders and confirms the correlation between age and loss of sensitivity, more accentuated for higher frequency tones. A strong loss of sensitivity was observed after the decade of 60 years old.

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Teixeira J. and Fernandes P. (2013). Pure-tone Audiogram - Measuring Auditory Sensitivity over the Age . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2013) ISBN 978-989-8565-34-1, pages 293-296. DOI: 10.5220/0004328802930296


in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices13,
author={João Paulo Teixeira and Paula Odete Fernandes},
title={Pure-tone Audiogram - Measuring Auditory Sensitivity over the Age},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2013)},
year={2013},
pages={293-296},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004328802930296},
isbn={978-989-8565-34-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2013)
TI - Pure-tone Audiogram - Measuring Auditory Sensitivity over the Age
SN - 978-989-8565-34-1
AU - Teixeira J.
AU - Fernandes P.
PY - 2013
SP - 293
EP - 296
DO - 10.5220/0004328802930296