Yılmaz, ŞuleTaş, MemduhaBulut, Erdoğan2021-11-202021-11-2020212146-31232146-3131https://doi.org/10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2020.2020.4.168https://app.trdizin.gov.tr/makale/TkRFeE5UZ3pNdz09https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/5535Background: Perception of acoustic details in the speech signal is important for speech sound development. The medial olivocochlear pathway, a part of the auditory efferent system, plays a role in stimulus-related control of the cochlea. One clinical tool to evaluate the medial olivocochlear activity, which is thought to improve speech perception in noise, is the suppression of otoacoustic emissions. Aims: This study investigated the suppression of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions in children with phonological disorder in comparison with that in typically developing controls. Study Design: Case-control study. Methods: A total of 23 children with phonological disorder (aged 5-10 years) and 21 age- and sex-matched controls (P > 0.05) participated in the study. Participants had pure-tone thresholds ? 15 dB hearing loss and normal middle ear functions. Transient evoked otoacoustic emissions with and without contralateral acoustic stimulation were measured. Results: Although the mean transient evoked otoacoustic emissions suppressions were lower in the group with phonological disorder than in the controls, these differences were not statistically significant (P > 0.05). No left/right ear asymmetry of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions suppression was detected in either of the groups (P > 0.05). Conclusion: Children with phonological disorder did not show alterations in medial olivocochlear functioning in the medial olivocochlear activity as measured by the contralateral suppression of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions.en10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2020.2020.4.168info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess[No Keywords]Article382127132Q2WOS:0006301730000102-s2.0-8510322731233283490Q3411583