[Auditory training with wide-band white noise: effects on the pain threshold and pure tone thresholds].
The auditory training with wide-band white noise is a methodology for the qualitative recovery of the hearing loss in people suffering from sensorineural hearing loss. It is based on the application of a wide-band white modified noise. In a prospective study, we have assessed the modifications of the total auditory threshold (UAt), the conversational auditory threshold (UAc), and the pain threshold (Ud) in a sample of 48 patients, who have followed a program of 15 auditory training with wide-band white noise sessions. The average improvements of the variables expressed in percentage are 0.78% for the UAt, 0.64% for the UAc, and 5.31% for the Ud. From our results, it can be deduced that the auditory training with wide-band white noise does not modify the pure tone thresholds, but it moves the pain threshold towards higher intensities, enlarging the dynamic auditory field.
Domínguez Ugidos
L J
LJ
Hospital de León, Zaragoza.
Rodríguez Morejón
C
C
Vallés Varela
H
H
Iparraguirre Bolinaga
V
V
Knaster del Olmo
J
J
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D000368:Aged; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone / Q000379:methods*; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009622:Noise; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D017288:Pain Threshold / Q000502:physiology*; D010700:Phonetics; D013663:Teaching
Entrenamiento auditivo con ruido blanco de banda ancha: efectos sobre la algiacusia y los umbrales tonales (IV).