Using Behavioral Observation Audiometry to Evaluate Hearing in Infants from Birth to 6 Months
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Nonbehavioral tests such as ABR testing, ASSR testing, and OAEs are frequently used to assist in estimating peripheral hearing in infants (ASHA 2004). Although these tests are an important part of the audiology practice, they are, in fact, not tests of hearing. The only true test of hearing is behavioral assessment. ABR, ASSR, and OAE measures provide information about the integrity of specific sites within the auditory system (Delaroche, Thiebaut, and Dauman, 2004; Gravel, 2000; Hicks, Tharpe, and Ashmead, 2000; Sininger, 1993). Only behavioral testing truly tests hearing, since it measures the response of the entire auditory system from the outer ear through the cerebral cortex. Behavioral tests permit measurement of what an infant actually perceives; so they are measures of functional hearing abilities. Chapter 6
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