Cortical auditory evoked potentials in the assessment of auditory neuropathy: Two case studies

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 380-390

  Pearce, Wendy ^a,b   Golding, Maryanne ^a,b   Dillon, Harvey ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditory neuropathy; Cortical auditory evoked potentials; Hearing aids

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; AUDITORY SCREENING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE REPORT; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; ELECTROCOCHLEOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR NERVE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHONETICS;

EID: 34547748382     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.18.5.3     Document Type: Article

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