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A Method for Tracking the Time Evolution of Steady-State Evoked Potentials
Published on: May 25, 2019
Auditory steady-state evoked potentials (ASSEPs): a study of optimal stimulation parameters for frequency-specific
Emily Markessis1, Luc Poncelet, Cécile Colin
1Faculté de Médecine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium. emarkess@ulb.ac.be
Objective:
To define the optimal stimulation parameters (AM/FM vs AM alone and modulation rate) for frequency-specific threshold measurements using ASSEPs in dogs. Dependent variables were thresholds and recording times needed to obtain a response at threshold. To compare the ASSEP threshold results obtained with the optimal stimulation parameters to those obtained with the Tone-Burst/Auditory Brainstem Response (TB/ABR) combination.
Methods:
Thirty-two sedated Beagle puppies were tested at 5 audiometric frequencies (0.5-8 kHz) and 6 ASSEP modulation rates (21-199 Hz).
Results:
The ASSEP threshold-modulation rate functions had a high-pass profile with corner frequencies of 101 Hz for 0.5, 1 and 2 kHz carriers and of 151 Hz for 4 and 8 kHz carriers. AM stimuli did not yield higher thresholds than the AM/FM ones except at 1 kHz. Modulation type had no effect on testing duration. Audiometric profiles were obtained much more rapidly with ASSEPs than with TB/ABRs (mean: 50 vs 135 min). Both ASSEP and TB/ABR provided thresholds estimates characterized by low intersubject variability.
Conclusions:
ASSEPs are a valid and rapid method for audiometric assessment in sedated dogs.
Significance:
ASSEPs offer a new, competitive tool for frequency-specific assessment of hearing in the canine species.
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