500Hz logon versus click ABR maturation

Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2007 May;71(5):775-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2007.01.016. Epub 2007 Mar 1.

Abstract

Objectives: To provide age-equivalent norms for a 500Hz logon evoked ABR obtained in a group of children ranging 40 weeks-4 years old and compare these 500Hz tonal norms to age-equivalent norms for click-evoked ABR.

Methods: Seventy-seven infants and children ranging from conceptional age of 40 weeks (term babies) to 4 years were tested with both click and tonal ABR without any risk factors for hearing loss.

Results: Data analyses were consisted of 6 age groups. Mean wave V latencies were compared with the adult norms. Latencies were decreased by age in both click and tonal ABR recordings.

Conclusion: Five hundred Hertz of tonal ABR wave V latency did not mature until to 2-4 years old but, click ABR wave V latency reached maturity at the same age range.

MeSH terms

  • Audiometry / instrumentation*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem / physiology*
  • Female
  • Hearing Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Mass Screening / instrumentation
  • Reference Values
  • Severity of Illness Index