Multi-site diagnosis and management of 260 patients with auditory neuropathy/dys-synchrony (auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-43

  Berlin, Charles I ^a,b   Hood, Linda J ^a,c   Morlet, Thierry ^a,d   Wilensky, Diane ^a,e   Li, Li ^a,e   Mattingly, Kelly Rose ^a   Taylor Jeanfreau, Jennifer ^a,f   Keats, Bronya J B ^a,h   John, Patti St ^e   Montgomery, Elizabeth ^e   Shallop, Jon K ^g   Russell, Benjamin A ^b   Frisch, Stefan A ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f New Orleans Speech and Hearing Center   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Auditory dys synchrony; Auditory neuropathy; Cochlear microphonics; Cued speech; Diagnosis; Hearing aidsCochlear implants; Management; Middle ear muscle refl exes; Otoacoustic emissions; Spectrum disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY DISEASES, CENTRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149151905     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992020903160892     Document Type: Article

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