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Clinical significance of otoacoustic emissions: a perspective
P Bonfils1, P Avan, M Francois
1ORL Department, Hôpital Robert Debré, Faculté Xavier Bichat, Université Paris VII, France.
Ear and Hearing
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
The aim of this paper is to review the properties of otoacoustic emissions from a clinical point of view and to discuss the perspective interest of this test. In adults, the clinical significance of evoked otoacoustic emissions seems to be limited either in endocochlear hearing losses or for detecting retrocochlear diseases. In infants, evoked otoacoustic emissions seem to be a reliable, simple, non-invasive, and precise method for estimating auditory sensitivity for midfrequencies (1-4 kHz). Then, EOEs could be considered as an interesting way for screening auditory dysfunction in infants.