title: Use of the 400 Hz period evoked potential in the prediction of loudness discomfort levels in normal hearing adults.
abstract: This study investigated normally-hearing adult subjects to establish whether the 400 Hz Period Evoked Potential (PEP) can be used to predict Loudness Discomfort Level (LDL). Parameter-intensity functions were obtained using the response measures (400 Hz components) of amplitude, phase, magnitude squared coherence (MSC) and phase coherence (PC). The best predictor of the subjective LDL was found to be the gradient of the individual's amplitude-intensity function for significant (MSC > 0.264 and/or PC > 0.525) responses only. In this case 82% are predicted within 10 dB and there is a maximum error of 15 dB.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Human Communication and Deafness, The University of Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Nolan
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology*; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008144:Loudness Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity