THE RELATION OF INDUCED TINNITUS TO PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INDUCING STIMULI

Abstract

After observers were exposed to intense pure tone and broad band acoustic stimuli, their temporary threshold shifts were measured, and they were asked to match the pitch of any resulting tinnitus by manipulating the frequency of an adjustable low-level pure tone in the opposite ear. It was found that both the frequency of tinnitus and the frequency of the tone used for the pitch match increased as the frequency of the traumatic stimulus increased, but maximum loss frequency and tinnitus frequency did not coincide. Although the observers were quite reliable in their judgments of tinnitus elicited by a stimulus, inter-observer variability was considerable.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 10, 1967
Accession Number
AD0652706

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People

  • Michel Loeb
  • Richard P. Smith

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Research Laboratory

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  • Audiometry
  • Auditory Perception
  • Biomedical Research
  • Contracts
  • Field Conditions
  • Free Field
  • Frequency
  • Hearing Loss
  • Intelligence Tests
  • Judgment
  • Kentucky
  • Noise
  • Observers
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Tinnitus
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  • Biology
  • Psychology

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  • Auditory Neuroscience/Auditory Physiology.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.