Brain-stem auditory evoked response (BAER): normative study in children and adults.
The influences of age and sex on the BAER latency values are analysed in a non-clinical sample of adults and children. We found (1) that BAER values vary according to age and sex, but for the III-V interpeak latency (IPL); (2) that the age effect is more important than the sex effect on absolute latency (AL) II, III and V; (3) that there is a significant sex effect on the I-III IPL. Comparisons to other studies are made: we find differences but no contradiction. This is briefly discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors