Evoked potential assessment of auditory system integrity in infants.
One child in 750 is born with a handicapping hearing impairment. The methods available to screen and evaluate infants at risk (auditory brainstem responses, middle latency responses, and cortical auditory evoked potentials) are reviewed, explained, and illustrated with case histories.
Rose F. Kennedy Center for Research in Mental Retardation and Human Development, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
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D001300:Audiometry, Evoked Response / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D015997:Neonatal Screening; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors