Is Pattern of Acceptable Noise Level Growth for Apparently Normal Contralateral Ear Similar to Affected Ear in Unilateral Meniere’s Disease?
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Elahe Nasiri
,
Hamid Jalilvand
,
Nasrin Yazdani
,
Mohammad Ebrahim Mahdavi
,
Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban
Abstract
Background and Aim: The Acceptance Noise Level (ANL) which determines the tolerable noise level while listening to running speech, is related to factors such as hearing loss and speech presentation level. This study aims to investigate the effect of speech presentation level on the ANL in people with unilateral Meniere’s Disease (MD) compared to the normal-hearing people.
Methods: In this study, 33 people aged 32–60 years with unilateral MD and 38 normal-hearing people aged 20–46 years participated. The ANL growth was evaluated unilaterally at four different speech presentation levels: Most Comfortable Level (MCL), –10 dB lower than the MCL, +10 dB higher than the MCL, and a range between MCL and uncomfortable level.
Results: In MD patients, the ANL of the affected ear was significantly different from that of the contralateral ear (p<0.010). Compared to the normal-hearing people, the pattern of ANL growth in MD patients was significantly different, but the ANL growth patterns were similar between the affected and contralateral ears.
Conclusion: ANL and its growth pattern are different between the affected and contralateral ears of patients with unilateral MD, but are similar compared to normal-hearing people. Despite the apparently normal hearing thresholds, the performance of the contralateral ear in noise at various speech presentation levels in patients with unilateral MD seems to be similar to that of the affected ear.
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[4] Piper TJ, Paulsen TD, Black L, Brees TN, Schulte JJ. Meniere’s Disease: An Overview and Training Considerations. Strength Cond J. 2017;39(5):51-7. [DOI:10.1519/SSC.0000000000000326]
[5] Huppert D, Strupp M, Brandt T. Long-term course of Menière’s disease revisited. Acta Otolaryngol. 2010;130(6):644-51. [DOI:10.3109/00016480903382808]
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[7] Nabelek AK, Tucker FM, Letowski TR. Toleration of background noises: relationship with patterns of hearing aid use by elderly persons. J Speech Hear Res. 1991;34(3):679-85. [DOI:10.1044/jshr.3403.679]7
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[16] Olsen SØ, Lantz J, Brännström KJ, Nielsen LH. Acceptable noise level in Danish adult subjects diagnosed with unilateral Ménière’s disease. Hearing Balance Commun. 2013;11(1):17-23. [DOI:10.3109/21695717.2013.769349]
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[18] Ahmadi A, Fatahi J, Keshani A, Jalilvand H, Modarresi Y, Jalaie S. [Developing and evaluating the reliability of acceptable noise level test in Persian language]. J Rehab Med. 2015;4(2):109-17. Persian.
[19] Tampas JW, Harkrider AW. Auditory evoked potentials in females with high and low acceptance of background noise when listening to speech. J Acoust Soc Am. 2006;119(3):1548-61. [DOI:10.1121/1.2167147]
[20] Recker KL, McKinney MF, Edwards BW. Loudness as a cue for acceptable noise levels. J Am Acad Audiol. 2014;25(6):605-23. [DOI:10.3766/jaaa.25.6.10]
[21] Brookes GB, Morrison AW, Richard R. Unilateral Meniere’s disease: is the contralateral ear normal? Am J Otol. 1985;6(6):495-9.
[22] Kariya S, Cureoglu S, Fukushima H, Kusunoki T, Schachern PA, Nishizaki K, et al. Histopathologic changes of contralateral human temporal bone in unilateral Ménière’s disease. Otol Neurotol. 2007;28(8):1063-8. [DOI:10.1097/MAO.0b013e31815a8433]
[23] Salvinelli F, Trivelli M, Silvestrini FGM, Fernandez E, Pallini R. Meniere’s disease: is it a bilateral disease? Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 1999;3(3):129-33.
[24] Takumida M, Kakigi A, Takeda T, Anniko M. Ménière’s disease: a long-term follow-up study of bilateral hearing levels. Acta Otolaryngol. 2006;126(9):921-5. [DOI:10.1080/00016480500535204]
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[26] Perez R, Chen JM, Nedzelski JM. The status of the contralateral ear in established unilateral Menière’s disease. Laryngoscope. 2004;114(8):1373-6. [DOI:10.1097/00005537-200408000-00010]
[27] Sakashita T, Shibata T, Yamane H, Hikawa C. Changes in input/output function of distortion product optoacoustic emissions during the glycerol test in Ménière’s disease. Acta Otolaryngol Suppl. 2004;(554):26-9. [DOI:10.1080/03655230410018426]
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Nasiri E, Jalilvand H, Yazdani N, Mahdavi ME, Akbarzadeh Baghban A. Is Pattern of Acceptable Noise Level Growth for Apparently Normal Contralateral Ear Similar to Affected Ear in Unilateral Meniere’s Disease?. Aud Vestib Res. 2022;32(2):121-127.
