BSER-audiometry in difficult-to-test patients.
The results of BSER audiometry in a group of 38 difficult-to-test patients are reported, and the response thresholds compared with previous assessments by conventional audiometric techniques. The frequently severe behavioural disorders of these patients necessitated the use of general anaesthesia. Myringotomy revealed middle ear fluid in 20% of the ears, whilst 26% had significant ocular pathology.
D000200:Action Potentials; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001299:Audiometry / Q000379:methods*; D001306:Auditory Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000150:complications; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance