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Correlation between speech-evoked auditory brainstem responses and transient evoked otoacoustic emissions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2011

B Rana  and
A Barman
B Rana*
Affiliation:
BASLP Student, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Manasagangothri, Mysore, India
A Barman
Affiliation:
Department of Audiology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Manasagangothri, Mysore, India
*
Address for correspondence: Baljeet Rana, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Manasagangothri, Mysore 570006, India E-mail: baljeetsevenup@gmail.com
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Abstract

Objective:

To investigate the correlation between cochlear processing and brainstem processing.

Method:

Transient evoked otoacoustic emissions and speech-evoked auditory brainstem responses were recorded in 40 ears of normal-hearing individuals aged 18 to 23 years. Correlation analyses compared transient evoked otoacoustic emission parameters with speech-evoked auditory brainstem response parameters.

Results:

There was a significant correlation between speech-evoked auditory brainstem response wave V latency and transient evoked otoacoustic emission global emission strength; there were no other significant correlations between the two tests.

Conclusion:

Tests for transient evoked otoacoustic emissions and speech-evoked auditory brainstem responses provide unique and functionally independent information about the integrity and sensitivity of the auditory system. Therefore, combining both tests will provide a more sensitive clinical battery with which to identify the location of different disorders (e.g. language-based learning impairments and hearing impairments).

Keywords

Otoacoustic EmissionsEvoked PotentialsAuditory Brainstem Responses
Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 125 , Issue 9 , September 2011 , pp. 911 - 916
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2011

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