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The hearing status of an experimental animal is typically assessed in the laboratory setting by the combined use of auditory brainstem response (ABR) and distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs), carried out in succession, with the former assay preceding the latter. This study reports a cautionary finding that the use of this accepted regimen yields a reduced DPOAE response. When the DPOAEs...