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Original Articles

ABR recordings in newborns using an ear canal electrode

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Pages 499-504 | Received 01 Jul 2007, Published online: 07 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

The objective of this study was to improve the sensitivity of ABR recordings in newborns via a procedure that utilizes the ear canal as a recording site. Conventional recordings were compared to ear canal recordings of the ABR in 45 normally-hearing newborns who passed their newborn hearing screening. Responses were obtained at stimulus levels of 80, 60, 40, and 20 dBnHL using forehead (+) to ear canal (−), versus forehead (+) to mastoid (−) electrode configurations. ABR parameters evaluated included measurement of component amplitudes of wave I and V, absolute latencies of I and V, the I-V interwave interval, and amplitude ratio. At stimulus levels of 80, 60, and 40 dBnHL, wave I amplitude was significantly larger using the ear canal configuration. This investigation shows that the amplitude of wave I is significantly larger and easier to identify when the ear canal is used as one of the recording sites in comparison to more conventional scalp (mastoid) recordings.

Abbreviations
ABR=

Auditory brainstem response

AEP=

Auditory evoked potential

IWI=

Interwave interval

OAE=

Oto-acoustic emission

Abbreviations
ABR=

Auditory brainstem response

AEP=

Auditory evoked potential

IWI=

Interwave interval

OAE=

Oto-acoustic emission

Sumario

El objetivo de este estudio fue mejorar la sensibilidad de los registros de los ABR en recién nacidos por medio de un procedimiento que utiliza el canal auditivo como sitio de registro. Los registros convencionales se compararon con registros en el canal auditivo en 45 recién nacidos normoyentes quienes aprobaron su prueba de tamiz auditivo. Las respuestas se obtuvieron a niveles de estímulo de 80, 60, 40 y 20 dB nHL, usando configuraciones de electrodos frente (+) a canal auditivo (−), versus frente (+) a mastoides (−). Los parámetros evaluados de los ABR incluyeron: medición de las amplitudes de los componentes de la onda I y V, latencias absolutas de la I y V, el intervalo inter-onda I-V, y la tasa de amplitud. A niveles de estimulación de 80, 60 y 40 dB nHL, la amplitud de la onda I fue significativamente más grande con el uso de la configuración del canal auditivo. Esta investigación muestra que la amplitud de la onda I es significativamente más grande y más fácil de identificar cuando se utiliza el canal auditivo como uno los sitios de registro, en comparación con los registros craneanos (mastoides) más convencionales.

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