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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998 Mar 3;95(5):2709-2713
Department of Psychology and The Institute for Neuroscience, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
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Click-evoked otoacoustic emissions (CEOAEs) are echo-like waveforms emitted by normal-hearing cochleas in response to a brief transient. CEOAEs are known to be stronger in females than in males. In this experiment, the CEOAEs of homosexual and bisexual females were found to be intermediate to those of heterosexual females and heterosexual males. A parsimonious explanation is that the auditory systems of homosexual and bisexual females, and the brain structures responsible for their sexual orientation, have been partially masculinized by exposure to high levels of androgens prenatally. No difference in CEOAEs was observed between homosexual and heterosexual males.
PMID: 9482952, UI: 98151579
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