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Successful auditory brainstem evoked response testing and test‐age relationships in difficult‐to‐test children
Author(s) -
SMYTH VERONICA
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1984.tb00057.x
Subject(s) - medicine , audiology , auditory brainstem response , brainstem , audiometry , test (biology) , referral , hearing loss , population , psychiatry , paleontology , environmental health , family medicine , biology
Thirty‐five difficult‐to‐test children under 4 years of age, suspected of hearing loss, were evaluated via auditory brainstem evoked response audiometry (ABR). Results indicated that the success of ABR without anaesthesia in such a population is enhanced by early referral.