Several studies have previously demonstrated that postural changes modify evoked otoacoustic emission. In order to evaluate a possible interactionbetween eye muscles and ciliated cells in the inner ear, we studied the effects of eye lateralization on the contralateral suppressionof transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs). Thirty-eight normal hearing subjects with TEOAEs were recruited. Their TEAOEs atthreshold level were recorded with contralateral suppression (white noise) via straight ahead fixation and right or left lateral fixation. Eyelateralization in the same direction of the white noise significantly decreased the suppression at 4 kHz (p = 0.003). The signal-to-noise ratioin the suppression condition with straight ahead was 1.54 (± 4.610) dB, while the ratio was 3.48 (± 4.631) dB in the suppression conditionwith gaze toward the white noise. Eye lateralization seems to reduce the contralateral suppression effect of TEOAEs at 4 kHz. However,further studies are necessary to investigate the possible mechanisms of this phenomenon
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