Brain stem auditory evoked potentials. Risk of error in infants under 6 months

Olivier, J.C.

Annales d'Oto-Laryngologie et de Chirurgie Cervico Faciale Bulletin de la Societe d'Oto-Laryngologie des Hopitaux de Paris 100(4): 265-267

1983


ISSN/ISBN: 0003-438X
PMID: 6881813
Document Number: 212684
Auditory tests employing brain stem evoked potentials may reveal deafness with a normal tympanogram in very young infants which improves after several months. A possible etiological factor is persistence in the middle ear of partial mesenchymatous remnants which have already freed the drum but persist in certain regions of the tympanic cavity.

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