title: [Personal long-term reproducibility of the TEOAE time-frequency distributions].
abstract: The TEOAE signal is relatively short and content changes in time. Due to the fact that signal is very short (20 ms) a special approach must be applied for the analysis of this nonstationarity. Usually the spectral estimation in TEOAE is based on procedures directly employing the fast Fourier transform (FFT). Because TEOAE signal is non stationary the classical Fourier analysis is not adequate for this signal. The aim of our study was the personal comparison of the TEOAE spectograms by using Wigner-Ville distribution (WVD) before and after one year period. Material consisted of 152 men (304 ears) in the age between 18-19 year with good quality OAE. After one year period the comparison of WVD spectrograms showed the highest similarity in the 274 ears (90%), less in the 24 (8%) and in 6 (2%) similarity was not noticed. Personal similarity of the spectrum TEOAE and differences between individual people's ears despite a long time, give a proof about individual architecture of outer hearing cell and maybe useful in the biometrics as a ear-print.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Otolaryngologiczna Instytutu Chirurgii Wojskowej AM w Łodzi.
authors.forename: Wiesław
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Konopka
authors.forename: Antoni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grzanka
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zalewski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone / Q000379:methods; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology*; D003051:Cochlea / Q000502:physiology*; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017084:Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous / Q000502:physiology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors