title: Prevalence of auditory neuropathy (AN) among infants and young children with severe to profound hearing loss.
abstract: Auditory neuropathy is a challenging disorder and needs special habilitative/rehabilitative approach. This study aimed to detect its prevalence among infants and young children with severe to profound hearing loss. 112 infants and young children with age ranged 6-32 months were examined and diagnosed as having severe to profound hearing loss and were referred for hearing aid fitting. Those infants were reassessed in our centers for detecting cases with auditory neuropathy. The study group was subjected to immittancemetry, behavioral observation audiometry, ABR and cochlear microphonics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  15 patients were found to have auditory neuropathy according to our criteria for diagnosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of AN in the study group was 13.4%. CM were recommended to be tested routinely during ABR assessment whenever abnormal results are obtained.
authors.affiliation: Audiology Unit, ENT Dept., Menoufiya University, Egypt. sanyelbhaa@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Hossam
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sanyelbhaa Talaat
authors.forename: Abdelmagied Hasn
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Kabel
authors.forename: Hesham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Samy
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elbadry
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003055:Cochlear Microphonic Potentials; D015897:Comorbidity; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D000160:Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*