Brainstem auditory evoked potentials - A review and modified studies in healthy subjects

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-175

  Stone, James L ^a   Calderon Arnulphi, Mateo ^a   Watson, Karriem S ^a   Patel, Ketan ^a   Mander, Navneet S ^a   Suss, Nichole ^a   Fino, John ^a   Hughes, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

ABR; Auditory brainstem response; BAEP; BAER; Brainstem auditory evoked potential; Intensive care monitoring; Latency intensity function; Rapid stimulation rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; ADULT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849086363     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e3181a76a6e     Document Type: Article

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