Auditory Brainstem Response Data Preprocessing Method for the Automatic Classification of Hearing Loss Patients

Jun Ma, Jae Hyun Seo, Il Joon Moon, Moo Kyun Park, Jong Bin Lee, Hantai Kim, Joong Ho Ahn, Jeong Hun Jang, Jong Dae Lee, Seong Jun Choi, Min Hong

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Abstract

Auditory brainstem response (ABR) is the response of the brain stem through the auditory nerve. The ABR test is a method of testing for loss of hearing through electrical signals. Basically, the test is conducted on patients such as the elderly, the disabled, and infants who have difficulty in communication. This test has the advantage of being able to determine the presence or absence of objective hearing loss by brain stem reactions only, without any communication. This paper proposes the image preprocessing process required to construct an efficient graph image data set for deep learning models using auditory brainstem response data. To improve the performance of the deep learning model, we standardized the ABR image data measured on various devices with different forms. In addition, we applied the VGG16 model, a CNN-based deep learning network model developed by a research team at the University of Oxford, using preprocessed ABR data to classify the presence or absence of hearing loss and analyzed the accuracy of the proposed method. This experimental test was performed using 10,000 preprocessed data, and the model was tested with various weights to verify classification learning. Based on the learning results, we believe it is possible to help set the criteria for preprocessing and the learning process in medical graph data, including ABR graph data.

Original languageEnglish
Article number3538
JournalDiagnostics
Volume13
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2023

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Keywords

  • ABR
  • VGG
  • deep learning
  • hearing loss
  • image processing

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