Can Anybody Hear Otoacustic Emissions?

[Tinniger]

... or is it nonsense?

Look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otoacoustic_emission

"The relationships between otoacoustic emissions and tinnitus have been explored. Several studies suggest that in about 6% to 12% of normal-hearing persons with tinnitus and SOAEs, the SOAEs are at least partly responsible for the tinnitus".
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Best regards,
TinniGer

 

[vermillion]

I showed SOAEs in my test

 

[Tinker Bell]

I show SOAEs too. And the odd thing is that I have severe hearing loss at 6k+ but my otoscoustic emission test also shows 4k lost. My audiologist felt that showed my loss is on the cochlear level, not just the nerve.

 

[Tinniger]

Obviously no one can hear otoacoustic emissions.
The Wikipedia article quotes one very old publication.

 

[Bill Bauer]

Could fleeting tinnitus be spontaneous otoacustic emmissions?

 

[dpdx]

Acoustic otoemisions are important in the diagnosis of tinnitus, because if they are absent it means that there is damage in the outer hair cells which is a frequent cause of tinnitus.

I have this on my left ear. When I first did it it showed damage to outer cochlea cells.