Auditory brainstem responses elicited by embedded narrowband chirps
Abstract
Auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) have been investigated using rising frequency chirps to compensate for the dispersion along the cochlear partition in the auditory periphery. Responses elicited by the broadband chirp show larger wave-V amplitude than do click-evoked responses for most stimulation levels (Dau et al., 2000). It is desirable in some clinical (objective audibility assessment) and research (cochlear latency estimation, Neely et al., 1988) applications for more frequency specific responses. Traditionally, this has been accomplished using tone-burst stimuli, however these have the problem of spectral splatter associated with temporally short narrowband stimuli. Conceivably one could use narrowband chirps to synchronise a small number of auditory filters, and thereby gain frequency speci city. However, similar to the tone-burst ABRs, the stimulus duration would be very short, and therefore onset and offset effects will result in spectral splatter and thus degrade the frequency speci city. Junius and Dau (2005) showed that, by embedding a single broadband rising chirp, spectrally and temporally in two steady-state tones, the effects of spectral splatter along the cochlear partition can be minimised. Further, by ensuring that the excitation level is sufficiently low, one can keep any steady state responses in the evoked potential to a minimum. This paper presents a feasibility study in the use of embedded narrowband chirp stimuli to obtain frequency specific auditory brainstem responses, for use in clinical and research settings.
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