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Characteristics of cochlear microphonics in infants and young children with auditory neuropathy

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSubject(s): In: Acta Oto-Laryngologica (September 2011)Abstract: Conclusions: Cochlear microphonics (CMs) play an important role in the diagnosis of auditory neuropathy (AN). It is necessary and helpful to diagnose the sites-of-lesion in infants and children with AN by analyzing the patterns of CM amplitudes and I/O functions together. Objectives: To investigate the characteristics and clinical significance of CMs in the diagnosis of AN among infants and children. Methods: A total of 36 infants and children (16 males and 20 females) were divided into two groups. Group A included 15 children (30 ears) with auditory brainstem response (ABR) absent and distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) present and group B included 21 children (30 ears) with ABR absent and DPOAEs absent. Fifteen normal-hearing infants (30 ears) made up the control group. Click eliciting CMs were recorded at stimulus levels of 100, 90, 80, and 70 dB nHL for each ear using a button electrode placed at the top of the forehead. A tube-clamping method was used to distinguish CMs from artifacts, and an averaging algorithm was used to obtain a clear CM waveform. The time delay and amplitude of CMs were measured in both children with AN and normal-hearing infants on (C–R)/2 waveforms, and an I/O function curve for each group was plotted with the stimulating level as input and the CM amplitude as output. Results: The largest identifiable CMs were generally found between 0.5 and 0.8 ms after stimulation with mean delay of 0.63 ± 0.04 ms in both group A and the control group, and 0.63 ± 0.07 ms in group B. There was no significant difference between the AN group and the control group in CM time delay. There was no significant difference (p > 0.05) between group A (AN with OAEs present, 0.47 ± 0.15 mV) and the control group (0.45 ± 0.13 mV) in CM amplitude, while CM amplitudes in children with AN with DPOAEs absent (0.24 ± 0.08 mV) were significantly lower than those in either the control group or group A (p < 0.01). The amplitude of CMs reduced with stimulus intensity in all the subjects. There was obvious nonlinearity in group A and the control group, while there was a more linear tendency in amplitude increasing on the I/O function curve in group B.
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Conclusions: Cochlear microphonics (CMs) play an important role in the diagnosis of auditory neuropathy (AN). It is necessary
and helpful to diagnose the sites-of-lesion in infants and children with AN by analyzing the patterns of CM amplitudes and I/O
functions together. Objectives: To investigate the characteristics and clinical significance of CMs in the diagnosis of AN among
infants and children. Methods: A total of 36 infants and children (16 males and 20 females) were divided into two groups.
Group A included 15 children (30 ears) with auditory brainstem response (ABR) absent and distortion product otoacoustic
emissions (DPOAEs) present and group B included 21 children (30 ears) with ABR absent and DPOAEs absent. Fifteen
normal-hearing infants (30 ears) made up the control group. Click eliciting CMs were recorded at stimulus levels of 100, 90,
80, and 70 dB nHL for each ear using a button electrode placed at the top of the forehead. A tube-clamping method was used to
distinguish CMs from artifacts, and an averaging algorithm was used to obtain a clear CM waveform. The time delay and
amplitude of CMs were measured in both children with AN and normal-hearing infants on (C–R)/2 waveforms, and an I/O
function curve for each group was plotted with the stimulating level as input and the CM amplitude as output. Results: The
largest identifiable CMs were generally found between 0.5 and 0.8 ms after stimulation with mean delay of 0.63 ± 0.04 ms in
both group A and the control group, and 0.63 ± 0.07 ms in group B. There was no significant difference between the AN group
and the control group in CM time delay. There was no significant difference (p > 0.05) between group A (AN with OAEs
present, 0.47 ± 0.15 mV) and the control group (0.45 ± 0.13 mV) in CM amplitude, while CM amplitudes in children with AN
with DPOAEs absent (0.24 ± 0.08 mV) were significantly lower than those in either the control group or group A (p < 0.01).
The amplitude of CMs reduced with stimulus intensity in all the subjects. There was obvious nonlinearity in group A and the
control group, while there was a more linear tendency in amplitude increasing on the I/O function curve in group B.

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