Questionable reliability of the speech-evoked auditory brainstem response (sABR) in typically-developing children

Hearing Research

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-2

  McFarland, Dennis J ^a   Cacace, Anthony T ^b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84861189489     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2012.02.014     Document Type: Letter

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