INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE Severe jaundice that requires exchange transfusion has become a relatively rare situation today. About 60% of full term neonates and 80% of premature ones will suffer from jaundice within the first week of life. Hyperbilirubinemia at birth is a risk factor associated with hearing loss that is usually further linked to other factors that might have an effect on hearing...

Brainstem stroke syndromes are primarily determined by clinical criteria. There are few diagnostic procedures which are of benefit for the evaluation of brainstem ischemic events. Brainstem auditory evoked responses (BAERs) are a new electrophysiologic technique for assessing brainstem function. To evaluate the use of BAERs in patients with brainstem ischemic events, 35 individuals with recent ...

Somatosensory, visual and brainstem auditory evoked potentials were recorded in 10 unpremedicated patients anaesthetized with isoflurane in oxygen. Recordings were made at 0.5%, 1.1% and 1.65% (six patients) end-tidal isoflurane concentration. There were statistically significant increases in the latencies of the somatosensory (N20), visual and brainstem auditory potentials (waves III and V) wi...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether neurophysiological auditory brainstem responses to clicks and repeated speech stimuli differ between typically developing children and children with phonological disorders. INTRODUCTION Phonological disorders are language impairments resulting from inadequate use of adult phonological language rules and are among the most common speech and language disorders in ...