Estimation of the pure-tone audiogram by the auditory brainstem response: A review

Audiology and Neuro-Otology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 257-280

  Stapells, David R ^a   Oates, Peggy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Clicks; Frequency specificity; Hearing loss; Threshold; Tonal stimuli

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CALIBRATION; CLICK; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; PATIENT CODING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ADULT; COCHLEA; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; REVIEW;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; COCHLEA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030609146     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000259252     Document Type: Article

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