Comparing middle latency response with and without music.

UNLABELLED: Auditory evoked potentials can be used as a tool to investigate the central nervous system and structures that can be activated by auditory stimulation. There are few studies correlating the Middle Latency Response with different types of auditory stimulation, which led us to undergo this study. AIM: to verify The Middle Latency Response (MLR) in normal hearing adults when stimulated by clicks and music in the contralateral ear. STUDY DESIGN: a cross-sectional contemporary cohort. METHOD: MLR was carried out on 10 normal hearing subjects using bilateral clicks (70 dB nNA) and music in the contralateral ear. We measured and compared the amplitude and latency of the Pa wave with clicks and clicks and music. We compared the amplitude and latency of the electrodes in sites C3 and C4 for both ears with and without music. RESULTS: All subjects had MLR within normal limits for both amplitudes and latencies bilaterally. Stimuli with music and clicks revealed a reduction of the amplitude in the contralateral ear with the music stimulus in all electrode sites although this reduction was not statistically significant. CONCLUSION: We conclude that music in the contralateral ear reduces the amplitude of the Pa wave of the MLR.

Comparação dos Potenciais de Latência Média com ou sem estímulo musical / Comparing Middle Latency Response with and without music

Os Potenciais Auditivos Evocados (PEA) constituem uma fonte rica e complexa de informações sobre as vias do sistema nervoso central e de estruturas ativadas por estimulação auditiva. Devido ao escasso número de trabalhos existentes correlacionando Resposta de Latência Média com diferentes estímulos sonoros, surgiu o interesse em se realizar esse estudo. OBJETIVO: Verificar o Potencial Evocado Auditivo de Média Latência (PEAML) em adultos normo-ouvintes frente à estimulação por clique e com música contralateral. FORMA DE ESTUDO: coorte contemporânea com corte transversal. MÉTODO: Foram realizadas as avaliações de PEAML em 10 sujeitos utilizando cliques na intensidade de 70dBnNA bilateralmente e posteriormente com estímulo musical, sendo que as latências e amplitudes foram medidas. Foi realizada a comparação da amplitude da onda Pa em relação ao eletrodo C3 e C4 e em relação à orelha direita e esquerda na presença e ausência de estímulo musical. RESULTADOS: todos os sujeitos apresentaram PEAML dentro dos limites de normalidade em ambas as orelhas e na avaliação com estímulo musical e clique foi observada uma diminuição das amplitudes na orelha contralateral a apresentação do estímulo musical em todas as posições do eletrodo, embora esta diferença não tenha sido estatisticamente significante. CONCLUSÃO: Sugere-se que o estímulo musical influencia na amplitude do PEAML, uma vez que houve diminuição da amplitude da onda Pa frente a esta estimulação.

Auditory evoked potentials can be used as a tool to investigate the central nervous system and structures that can be activated by auditory stimulation. There are few studies correlating the Middle Latency Response with different types of auditory stimulation, which led us to undergo this study. AIM: to verify The Middle Latency Response (MLR) in normal hearing adults when stimulated by clicks and music in the contralateral ear. STUDY DESIGN: a cross-sectional contemporary cohort. METHOD: MLR was carried out on 10 normal hearing subjects using bilateral clicks (70 dB nNA) and music in the contralateral ear. We measured and compared the amplitude and latency of the Pa wave with clicks and clicks and music. We compared the amplitude and latency of the electrodes in sites C3 and C4 for both ears with and without music. RESULTS: All subjects had MLR within normal limits for both amplitudes and latencies bilaterally. Stimuli with music and clicks revealed a reduction of the amplitude in the contralateral ear with the music stimulus in all electrode sites although this reduction was not statiscally significant. CONCLUSION: We conclude that music in the contralateral ear reduces the amplitude of the Pa wave of the MLR.