title: Physiological Measures and Their Potential for the Assessment of Pediatric Hearing Needs.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to discuss how cortical auditory evoked potentials might be used to assess speech perception capacity in infants, including acoustic change complex data collected in our laboratory. This article is a summary of a paper presented at the HEaring Across the Lifespan (HEAL) Conference held June 5-7, 2014, in Cernobbio, Italy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Highlights from data collected in infants and the main issues needing investigation for clinical application are presented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Preliminary studies show promising results for the acoustic change complex and confirm that further inquiry into its clinical application is warranted. The presence of an onset response can be used clinically to confirm that auditory information has reached the cortex; however, the absence of a response cannot be interpreted with confidence.
authors: Susan A
authors: SA
authors: Small
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory / Q000502:physiology*; D006310:Hearing Aids; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013067:Speech Perception