title: [The evaluation of auditory brainstem response and auditory steady-state response in children with cerebral palsy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  With the evaluation of auditory brainstem response(ABR) and auditory steady-state response(ASSR), to explore the hearing disorder and the functional change of auditory pathway in brainstem in children with cerebral palsy(CP).
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-eight cases of CP children were tested with ABR and ASSR, ninety-nine healthy children served as control.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prolongation of the peak latency and the interpeak latency were observed in CP children comparing with the control. ASSR results showed mild hearing loss especial at low frequencies in children with CP.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With ABR and ASSR, we could provide the qualitative and quantitive diagnosis for hearing disorder and functional change of auditory pathway in brainstem in children with CP objectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, the People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang National Autonomous Region, Nanning, 530021, China. zhumei36@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Qiumei
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001306:Auditory Pathways; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male