Re: hearing sudden distortion effect

[Tom Brennan <g_brennantg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Martin, in doing auditory reflex testing I tend to see hyper reflexes in many as
well as unually long reflex presence times.

Tom


Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html

On Tue, 4 Oct 2016, Martin Braun wrote:

> Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2016 13:38:15 +0200
> From: Martin Braun <mb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: hearing sudden distortion effect
>
> Jim, Tom, and others,
>
> There is no established term for this. One might call it a phenomenon of
> transient hyperacusis. Tom's suggestion that endolymphatic hydrops (EH) may
> be the cause seems plausible. It is known from research in Meniere's disease
> (MD) that EH precedes MD and often remains subclinical (not leading to MD).
> It may cause transient vestibular or cochlear distortions. The combination
> of loud sound with EH is a strong candidate for causing cochlear distortion.
> The described case need not be a dramatic sign at all. Ear plugs at hand in
> noisy settings might be all that is needed.
>
> Martin
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> From: Tom Brennan
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