Brain stem electric response audiometry and middle ear effusion.
Brain stem electric response audiometry has been performed in a group of 41 difficult-to-test children under the age of 8 years. All ears were examined with the pneumatic otomicroscope prior to determination of response thresholds, and middle ear effusion found in 24 (29.3%). Seven of the 14 children requiring hearing aid amplification had fluid in 12 ears (42.9%). The importance of early recognition and treatment of middle ear pathology in children with sensori-neural hearing loss is stressed, and routine otomicroscopy by the attending otologist is recommended.
D001299:Audiometry; D001300:Audiometry, Evoked Response; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*