The effect of the transducers on paediatric thresholds estimated with auditory steady-state responses.
The objective of this study was to investigate the usefulness of auditory steady-state responses (ASSRs) for estimating hearing thresholds in young children, compared with behavioural thresholds. The second objective was to investigate ASSR thresholds obtained with insert earphones versus supra-aural headphones to determine which transducer produces ASSR thresholds most similar to behavioural thresholds measured with supra-aural headphones. This retrospective study included 29 participants (58 ears): 12 children (24 ears) in the insert group and 17 children (34 ears) in the supra-aural group. No general anaesthesia was used. For both groups, there was a strong correlation between behavioural and ASSR thresholds, with a stronger correlation for the insert group. When behavioural thresholds are difficult to obtain, ASSR may be a useful objective measure that can be combined with other audiometric procedures to estimate hearing thresholds and to determine appropriate auditory rehabilitation approaches.
Service d'ORL et Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France. bakhos_d@med.univ-tours.fr.|ENT Department, Université François-Rabelais de Tours, CHRU de Tours, UMR-S930, 2 Boulevard Tonnellé, 37000, Tours, France. bakhos_d@med.univ-tours.fr.
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Service d'ORL et Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France.
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Service d'ORL et Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France.
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Service d'ORL et Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France.|ENT Department, Université François-Rabelais de Tours, CHRU de Tours, UMR-S930, 2 Boulevard Tonnellé, 37000, Tours, France.
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Service d'ORL et Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France.|ENT Department, Université François-Rabelais de Tours, CHRU de Tours, UMR-S930, 2 Boulevard Tonnellé, 37000, Tours, France.
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Service d'ORL et Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France.
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Service d'ORL et Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France.
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Service d'ORL et Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France.|Université de Nantes, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France.
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Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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D001299:Audiometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology*; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D057186:Comparative Effectiveness Research; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014159:Transducers / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards
Auditory steady-state response; Behavioural audiometry; Child; Earphones