Incidence of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions in macaque monkeys: a replication.
An earlier survey of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions (SOEs) in Old- and New-World monkeys identified three of 61 animals (5%) as emitters. Since all three emitting monkeys belonged to the macaque genus, the present study was conducted in a group of 102 pigtail monkeys in an attempt to corroborate the incidence of SOEs in a readily available macaque species. This examination revealed nine primates (9%) with SOEs with three demonstrating bilateral emissions. These results demonstrate that the macaque monkey offers a unique nonhuman primate model for the study of SOE phenomena.
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Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.
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D000818:Animals; D004423:Ear / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D008251:Macaca / Q000502:physiology*; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000502:physiology*; D008254:Macaca nemestrina / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D013016:Sound