Question

In other words, we would expect someone with an intact cochlea (including their outer hair cells), perhaps due to an acoustic tumor, to be equally likely to have absent oae's as someone with cochlear damage due to noise. Some researchers have observed that oae's are generally reduced by acoustic neuromas.

Answer 1

we would expect someone with an intact cochlea (including their outer hair cells), perhaps due to an acoustic tumor, to be equally likely to have absent oae's as someone with cochlear damage due to noise.