The use of central auditory tests in a case of vasculitis.
A central auditory test battery including dichotic digits, competing sentences, frequency patterns, and the staggered spondaic word test was administered to a patient diagnosed as having vasculitis. Test batteries were conducted before prednisone treatment and 2 months later. The central tests were not only helpful in indicating probable intracranial right hemisphere involvement, but seemed to be sensitive to the patient's improvement over this 2-month period. This case demonstrated a potentially valuable application of central auditory assessment.
D001167:Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006313:Hearing Loss, Central / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014711:Vertebral Artery
D011241:Prednisone