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  • Audiology
  • Bioacoustics
  • Hearing Protection

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  • Current methods for measuring the occlusion effect (OE) of hearing protection devices (HPDs) have limitations.
  • Objective microphonic measurements fail to assess bone-conducted sounds, while psychophysical methods are biased by physiological noise and subjective responses.
  • Auditory steady-state responses (ASSRs) present a potential solution to overcome these limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the efficacy of auditory steady-state responses (ASSRs) as an objective method for measuring the occlusion effect (OE) of hearing protection devices (HPDs).
  • To compare ASSR-based OE measurements with traditional psychophysical threshold-based measurements.

Main Methods:

  • Twelve adults with normal hearing were tested using pure-tone stimuli (250 and 500 Hz) modulated at 40 Hz.
  • Stimuli were delivered via a bone vibrator at three intensity levels under both unoccluded and occluded ear canal conditions.
  • ASSR amplitude data were analyzed using linear regression, and the physiological OE was calculated as the difference between conditions.

Main Results:

  • A statistically significant difference was observed between the average threshold-based psychophysical OE and the average ASSR-based OE.
  • This indicates a divergence in the measurements obtained from the two methods.

Conclusions:

  • The study successfully demonstrated the feasibility of objectively measuring the occlusion effect (OE) of hearing protection devices (HPDs) using auditory steady-state responses (ASSRs).
  • ASSRs provide a viable objective alternative to subjective psychophysical methods for OE assessment in HPDs.