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Wideband Optical Detector of Ultrasound for Medical Imaging Applications
Published on: May 11, 2014
[The study of wideband acoustic immittance normative data of young people]
1Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Capital Medical University, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100005, China.
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the normative data of wideband acoustic absorption rate of young people with normal hearing, and the related factors of wideband acoustic immittance.Method:Eighty six cases of young people with normal hearing (43 cases of male, 43 cases of female) were collected in the clinical audiology centers of Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital University of Medical. The average age is (22.0±1.5) years. Pure tone audiometry in the range of 250 to 8 000 Hz in each octave is carried out, and the air conduction thresholds are less than 25 dB HL; 226 Hz tympanometry were type A. For all subjects, the wideband acoustic immittance measurement was conducted at 226-8 000 Hz, and a total of 107 frequency points were carried out.Result:The test results of 172 ears were statistically analyzed.①In the range of 250-8 000 Hz,acoustic absorption rate in the low frequency range increases gradually, and the peak is found in the range of 1 000 to 3 000 Hz;getting along with the increase of frequency and acoustic absorption rate gradually decreases slowly.②The acoustic absorption rate in the range of 4 200-4 900 Hzin female subjects was significantly higher than that in male subjects.③There was no significant relationship between gender, compliance, peak pressure, and width in 226 Hz tympanometry (P=0.319, 0.831, 0.786), however there was a significant relationship between gender and the ear canal volume (P<0.01).④There was no significant relationship between gender and the resonance frequency (P>0.05).⑤There was a significant correlation between height/weight and ear canal volume (P<0.05), and there was a significant relationship between the ear canal volume and the resonance frequency (P<0.05).Conclusion:The acoustic absorption rate of young people in the low frequency range was lower, then increases gradually, and the peak was found in the range of mid-high frequency. The difference in the wideband absorption rate between genders was significant. The height and weight had influence on the results of wideband acoustic immittance.
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