Incidence of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions in macaque monkeys: a replication

Hear Res. 1988 Aug;34(3):313-7. doi: 10.1016/0378-5955(88)90011-1.

Abstract

An earlier survey of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions (SOEs) in Old- and New-World monkeys identified three of 61 animals (5%) as emitters. Since all three emitting monkeys belonged to the macaque genus, the present study was conducted in a group of 102 pigtail monkeys in an attempt to corroborate the incidence of SOEs in a readily available macaque species. This examination revealed nine primates (9%) with SOEs with three demonstrating bilateral emissions. These results demonstrate that the macaque monkey offers a unique nonhuman primate model for the study of SOE phenomena.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Ear / physiology*
  • Female
  • Functional Laterality
  • Macaca / physiology*
  • Macaca mulatta / physiology*
  • Macaca nemestrina / physiology*
  • Male
  • Sound*