Latency of the acoustic evoked stapedius reflex and its clinical significance

Kau, R.J.; Morgenstern, C.

Laryngologie Rhinologie Otologie 66(12): 631-633

1987


ISSN/ISBN: 0340-1588
PMID: 3431311
Document Number: 302358
We measured the mean latency of the stapedius reflex by normal listeners. We observed a prolongation of the latency by patients with operative and histological confirmed neurinoma of the VIII. nerve. Even if the measured stapedius reflex latency considerably varies, this method represents, any way, an important support to BERA to discover tumours of the cerebello-pontine angle.

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