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ArticleNorth American journal of medical sciences2014

A novel method of brainstem auditory evoked potentials using complex verbal stimuli.

Sophia N Kouni, Constantinos Koutsojannis, Nausika Ziavra, Sotirios Giannopoulos

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Article in North American journal of medical sciences, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Sophia N KouniDepartment of Neurology, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Constantinos KoutsojannisDepartment of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, Technological and Educational Institute of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Nausika ZiavraDepartment of Speech Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Technological and Educational Institute of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Sotirios GiannopoulosDepartment of Neurology, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
University of Ioannina · GRRMIT University · AU

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Abstract

backgroundThe click and tone-evoked auditory brainstem responses are widely used in clinical practice due to their consistency and predictability. More recently, the speech-evoked responses have been used to evaluate subcortical processing of complex signals, not revealed by responses to clicks and tones.

aimsDisyllable stimuli corresponding to familiar words can induce a pattern of voltage fluctuations in the brain stem resulting in a familiar waveform, and they can yield better information about brain stem nuclei along the ascending central auditory pathway. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe describe a new method with the use of the disyllable word "baba" corresponding to English "daddy" that is commonly used in many other ethnic languages spanning from West Africa to the Eastern Mediterranean all the way to the East Asia.

resultsThis method was applied in 20 young adults institutionally diagnosed as dyslexic (10 subjects) or light dyslexic (10 subjects) who were matched with 20 sex, age, education, hearing sensitivity, and IQ-matched normal subjects. The absolute peak latencies of the negative wave C and the interpeak latencies of A-C elicited by verbal stimuli "baba" were found to be significantly increased in the dyslexic group in comparison with the control group.

conclusionsThe method is easy and helpful to diagnose abnormalities affecting the auditory pathway, to identify subjects with early perception and cortical representation abnormalities, and to apply the suitable therapeutic and rehabilitation management.

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Auditory brainstem responsesComplex auditory brainstem responsesSpeech stimuli

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