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Data Acquisition and Analysis In Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry In Mice
Published on: May 10, 2019
Auditory evoked magnetic fields in relation to bandwidth variations of bandpass noise
Yoshiharu Soeta1, Seiji Nakagawa, Mitsuo Tonoike
1Institute for Human Science and Biomedical Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan. y.soeta@aist.go.jp
Abstract:
Auditory evoked magnetic fields in relation to the bandwidth of bandpass noise were examined by magnetoencephalography (MEG). Pure tone and bandpass noises with center frequencies of 500, 1000 or 2000 Hz were used as the auditory signals. All source signals had the sound pressure level set at 74 dB. The stimulus duration was 0.5 s, with rise and fall ramps of 10 ms. Eight volunteers with normal hearing took part in the study. Auditory evoked fields were recorded using a neuromagnetometer in a magnetically-shielded room. The results showed that the peak amplitude of N1m, which was found above the left and right temporal lobes around 100 ms after the stimulus onset, decreased with increasing bandwidth of the bandpass noise. The latency and estimated equivalent current dipole (ECD) locations of N1m did not show any systematic variation as a function of the bandwidth for any of the center frequencies.
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