CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2018; 22(01): 038-044
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1603109
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Speech-evoked Brainstem Auditory Responses and Auditory Processing Skills: A Correlation in Adults with Hearing Loss

Taissane Rodrigues Sanguebuche
1   Department of Speech Therapy, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
,
Bruna Pias Peixe
1   Department of Speech Therapy, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
,
Rúbia Soares Bruno
1   Department of Speech Therapy, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
,
Eliara Pinto Vieira Biaggio
1   Department of Speech Therapy, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
,
Michele Vargas Garcia
1   Department of Speech Therapy, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Publikationsverlauf

08. Dezember 2016

21. März 2017

Publikationsdatum:
31. Mai 2017 (online)

Abstract

Introduction The auditory system consists of sensory structures and central connections. The evaluation of the auditory pathway at a central level can be performed through behavioral and electrophysiological tests, because they are complementary to each other and provide important information about comprehension.

Objective To correlate the findings of speech brainstem-evoked response audiometry with the behavioral tests Random Gap Detection Test and Masking Level Difference in adults with hearing loss.

Methods All patients were submitted to a basic audiological evaluation, to the aforementioned behavioral tests, and to an electrophysiological assessment, by means of click-evoked and speech-evoked brainstem response audiometry.

Results There were no statistically significant values among the electrophysiological test and the behavioral tests. However, there was a significant correlation between the V and A waves, as well as the D and F waves, of the speech-evoked brainstem response audiometry peaks. Such correlations are positive, indicating that the increase of a variable implies an increase in another and vice versa.

Conclusion It was possible to correlate the findings of the speech-evoked brainstem response audiometry with those of the behavioral tests Random Gap Detection and Masking Level Difference. However, there was no statistically significant correlation between them. This shows that the electrophysiological evaluation does not depend uniquely on the behavioral skills of temporal resolution and selective attention.

 
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