Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2019.58.04.17

Comparison of Hearing Threshold Estimation using Auditory Steady State Responses and Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials in Children

Slobodanka Lemajić-Komazec ; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia
Zoran Komazec ; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia
Maja Buljčik Čupić ; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia
Saša Knežević ; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia
Oliver Vajs ; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia

Abstract

Current recommendations proposed by pediatric audiologists are to commence with hearing amplification in children aged 6 months and above, after previous determination of the type and degree of hearing impairment and audiometric configuration. The goal of this study was to
compare results obtained by click-evoked auditory brainstem response (c-ABR) and auditory steady state response (ASSR) in a group of children. This study included 68 children with different degrees of hearing impairment evaluated by c-ABR and ASSR. It is well-known that the c-ABR threshold highly correlates with behavioral hearing level at 2 kHz. In our study, the correlation between the c-ABR and ASSR thresholds in the whole sample was 0.58, 0.73, 0.97, 0.96, 0.95, 0.97; in the group of children with c-ABR thresholds up to 40 dBHL, it was 0.42, 0.73, 0.86, 0.74, 0.81, 0.81; and in the group with c-ABR thresholds worse than 40 dBHL, it was 0.46, 0.56, 0.89, 0.83, 0.85, 0.89 at 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 1-4, 2-4 kHz, respectively. Individual differences between the c-ABR and ASSR thresholds in the whole sample were up to 95, 90, 20, 25 dB at 0.5, 1, 2, 4 kHz, respectively. Study results indicated that there was strong correlation between the c-ABR and ASSR thresholds at 2, 4, 1-4, 2-4 kHz. The ASSR can be used as a valuable clinical tool and an excellent complementary method which, along with other audiologic techniques, provides more accurate hearing threshold estimation at an early age in children.

Keywords

Evoked potentials, auditory; Audiometry; Hearing loss

Hrčak ID:

235199

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/235199

Publication date:

1.12.2019.

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