Definitions for "Otoacoustic emissions"
Keywords:  cochlea, canal, ear, oaes, audiological
sounds measured in the ear canal that are produced in the inner ear in response to soft sounds. OAEs are only produced if both the hearing is normal or close to normal, and middle ear structures are working properly. This is a quick, comfortable test that makes it possible to screen babies' hearing right after birth.
a test that records how the inner ear responds to sound.
low-intensity sounds produced by the inner ear that can be quickly measured with a sensitive microphone placed in the ear canal.