Development of a Method to Determine the Audiogram of the Guinea Pig for Threshold Shift Studies,

Abstract

Studies of noise induced threshold shift in guinea pigs require a method to determine the audiogram which meets the following criteria: It must be reliable and permit the determination of threshold at eight to twelve frequencies in a single session lasting less than one hour. A conditioned suppression procedure was adopted to meet these requirements. Three guinea pigs were trained and a series of audiograms determined on each. The audiograms were found to be reliable and in good agreement with published audiograms determined by other methods.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA139717

Entities

People

  • C. Comperatore
  • J. H. Patterson Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Animals
  • Army Aviation
  • Artillery
  • Audiometry
  • Body Weight
  • Health Services
  • Materials
  • Medical Laboratories
  • Military Research
  • National Security
  • Rodents
  • Sound Pressure
  • Submarine Bases
  • Test Methods
  • Water Deprivation

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Toxicology/Environmental Toxicology