title: Auditory evoked potentials in the assessment of hearing.
abstract: The auditory evoked potentials are the best available technique for identifying infants with a hearing impairment before the age of 6 months. They are also very important in the evaluation of patients with suspected retrocochlear hearing loss. New developments may soon allow the determination of hearing thresholds at different frequencies and a more accurate assessment of patients with central auditory dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: University of Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Picton
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Durieux-Smith
mesh_terms: D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant