title: TE and DP otoacoustic emission data from an Australian cross-sectional hearing study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper presents a summary of otoacoustic emission (OAE) data collected as part of an Australian hearing health survey ( Carter, 2011 ; Williams et al, 2014 ) designed to: (1) examine the relationship between audiological indicators and participant characteristics, and (2) extract audiological data suitable for reference use.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional cohort study. Distortion product (DP) OAE and transient evoked (TE) OAE measures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Age range 11-35 years; N = 1386 participants (2672 test ears).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Descriptive statistics for amplitude and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) were calculated for 327 participants (589 test ears; age 13 to 32 years). DPOAE amplitudes down to the 25th percentile were > 0 dB SPL for test frequencies up to 6 kHz. TEOAE SNRs down to the 25th percentile were > 6 dB SPL up to 4 kHz.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This dataset can be used as a clinical reference for similar populations, providing that the same test parameters are used.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The clinical significance of OAE testing would be greater if agreed criteria were available. These data could be pooled with other datasets to build a substantial OAE database, similar to the existing international standards for pure-tone hearing threshold levels (HTLs) ( ISO, 2000 ).
authors.affiliation: a * National Acoustic Laboratories , Sydney, New South Wales , Australia.
authors.forename: Lyndal
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.affiliation: a * National Acoustic Laboratories , Sydney, New South Wales , Australia.|b Hearing CRC , Melbourne, Victoria , Australia.
authors.forename: Warwick
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: a * National Acoustic Laboratories , Sydney, New South Wales , Australia.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seeto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001298:Audiology / Q000592:standards*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D017084:Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adolescents; otoacoustic emissions; standards; young adults