ABSTRACT:
Purpose:
to evaluate the difference in the suppression of otoacoustic emissions between the right and left ears
Methods:
participated in this study 36 individuals, being 18 right-handed and left-handed 18, all without hearing complaints and hearing within normal limits. Data collection was performed by: transient otoacoustic emissions and suppression of the otoacoustic emissions. The analysis of the presence / absence of the suppression effect was made based on the value obtained in response.
Results:
there was no difference between the right and left ears for the response values of otoacoustic emissions with contralateral noise for right and left handed individuals. In the male, there was a difference between the right and left ears for the response values of otoacoustic emissions with contralateral noise.
Conclusion:
the evaluation through the suppression of otoacoustic emissions showed no differences between the right and left ears in the groups studied.
KEYWORDS:
Auditory Perception; Suppression; Efferent Pathways; Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous; Functional Laterality
