Title :
A System to Generate Patient-Specific Stimuli for use with the Auditory Brainstem Response Test
Author :
Petoe, M.A. ; Bradley, A.P. ; Wilson, W.J.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane
Abstract :
The short-pulsed "click" stimuli most commonly used to evoke an auditory brainstem response (ABR) do not account for temporal shifts along the basilar membrane and do not produce ABRs of maximal amplitude. This paper describes a system that maps these temporal shifts and generates patient-specific stimuli to compensate. This is of interest both to enhance the ABR and as a potential way to map the physiology of the basilar membrane.
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; biomembranes; brain; neurophysiology; auditory brainstem response test; basilar membrane; patient-specific stimuli; temporal shifts; Auditory system; Australia; Biomembranes; Chirp; Data acquisition; Headphones; Patient monitoring; Physiology; Skull; System testing; Acoustic Stimulation; Amplifiers, Electronic; Audiometry, Evoked Response; Auditory Pathways; Auditory Threshold; Basilar Membrane; Conditioning, Classical; Conditioning, Operant; Equipment Design; Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; Hearing Tests; Humans; Models, Statistical; Time Factors;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lyon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0787-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352824
