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    Area of Science:

    • Neuroscience
    • Audiology
    • Signal Processing

    Background:

    • Auditory brainstem response (ABR) is crucial for diagnosing hearing loss.
    • Current ABR analysis averages hundreds of trials, limiting sensitivity.
    • Trial-by-trial ABR analysis was previously hindered by low signal-to-noise ratio.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a method for classifying individual ABR trials as detected or undetected.
    • To assess supra-threshold hearing and define new psychophysics-like thresholds (auditory brainstem detection thresholds).
    • To investigate the stochastic nature of neural signal detection in the brainstem.

    Main Methods:

    • Classifying single trial auditory brainstem responses (ABR) as detected or undetected.
    • Utilizing the distribution of single trial ABRs to establish auditory brainstem detection (ABD) thresholds.
    • Analyzing signal detection across varying epochs of the ABR and stimulus levels.

    Main Results:

    • Successfully classified individual ABR trials, overcoming historical signal-to-noise limitations.
    • Introduced auditory brainstem detection (ABD) thresholds that decrease with increased epoch analysis.
    • Identified supra-threshold hearing deficits in subjects with normal ABR thresholds, revealing intrinsic stochasticity in neural signal detection up to 100 dB SPL.

    Conclusions:

    • Trial-by-trial ABR analysis provides a more sensitive measure of hearing ability than traditional averaged methods.
    • The novel ABD thresholds offer a psychophysics-like assessment of hearing.
    • Neural signal detection in the auditory brainstem is inherently stochastic across a wide range of stimulus intensities.