title: Contralateral auditory stimulation and otoacoustic emissions: a review of basic data in humans.
abstract: The influence of contralateral auditory stimulation on otoacoustic emissions (OAE), spontaneous OAE, evoked OAE and acoustic distortion products, can be summarized as follows: (1) alteration (mainly a decrease) of OAE amplitude; (2) alteration of response spectrum (upward shift frequency of SOAE); (3) alteration of phase; (4) effect dependent on intensity of contralateral stimulation; (5) effect inversely dependent on intensity of ipsilateral stimulation; (6) frequency specificity of the suppressive effect. Involvement of the medial olivocochlear bundle is highly probable but one cannot exclude a double pathway including also the acoustic reflex.
authors.affiliation: CNRS URA 1447, Université Claude-Bernard, Département d'Otorhinolaryngologie, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Collet
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Veuillet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moulin
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morlet
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Giraud
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Micheyl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chéry-Croze
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000375:Aging; D003051:Cochlea / Q000294:innervation* / Q000502:physiology*; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000502:physiology; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000502:physiology; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006198:Hair Cells, Auditory / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise; D012890:Sleep