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Research Article

The value of ABR- and ASSR-based hearing estimation in young children with congenital monaural malformation (atresia)

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Pages 769-776 | Received 04 Mar 2019, Accepted 17 May 2019, Published online: 26 Jun 2019
 

Abstract

Background: The electrophysiology of auditory nerve mature is particularly important for unilateral hearing loss.

Objectives: To assess the hearing status in young children with congenital monaural malformation and evaluate their potential for practical use in the functional maturation parameters of the auditory pathway.

Materials and methods: ABR (auditory brainstem responses) and ASSR (auditory steady-state responses) threshold measurements were performed in 21 young children with congenital monaural atresia.

Results: The average electrophysiologic thresholds for the ABR were 65 dB nHL ± 1.20 in malformed ears and 25 dB nHL ± 0.48 in normal ones. All 21 atretic ears presented with typical conductive hearing loss. There was no statistic positive correlation in hearing-impaired ears between the methods of ABR and ASSR responses (r = 0.12, 0.20 and 0.17). The IPL (interpeak latency) of I–III, III–V and I–V of atretic ears in ABR test was decreased relative to normal ears. Furthermore, a shortening of the IPLs I–III, III–V, I–V can be observed with increasing age of the children in malformed ears.

Conclusions and significance: The ABR- and ASSR-based hearing evaluation in young children with congenital monaural malformation should be viewed as complementary technologies. Besides, there was no delay of functional maturation at brainstem level although unilateral hearing was deprived during their early years of life.

Disclosure statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest to disclose.

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Funding

This work was supported by grants from the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFA0103900, 2015CB965000) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81300825).

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