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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Auditory Brainstem Response Recorded with the NeuroAudio System in Children Under 3 Years of Age.

Milaine Dominici Sanfins, Diego Lourenço Dos Santos Silva, Rhayane Vitória Lopes, Emilia Czaplicka, Piotr Henryk Skarzynski

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Milaine Dominici SanfinsDepartment of Speech-Hearing-Language, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo 04044-02, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-3647-3999
Diego Lourenço Dos Santos SilvaDepartment of Speech-Hearing-Language, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo 04044-02, Brazil.
Rhayane Vitória LopesDepartment of Speech-Hearing-Language, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo 04044-02, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6383-1838
Emilia CzaplickaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Institute of Sensory Organs, 05-830 Warsaw, Poland.
Piotr Henryk SkarzynskiDepartment of Teleaudiology and Screening, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, 05-830 Kajetany, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4978-1915

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backgroundThe click-evoked Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) is the gold standard electrophysiological tool for assessing auditory pathway integrity in infants and young children. As normative data are inherently equipment-specific, the absence of pediatric reference values for the NeuroAudio system (Neurosoft, Ivanovo, Russia) represents a significant gap in clinical practice, given that existing normative datasets for this system are restricted to adult populations.

objectiveTo establish normative data for click ABR recorded with the NeuroAudio system in children under three years of age, stratified by age group according to auditory maturation patterns.

methodsA prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted at the Electrophysiology Laboratory of the Department of Speech Therapy, Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP/EPM), under the approval of the Research Ethics Committee (protocol 7.939.564). A total of 203 children (121 males, 82 females; age range: 2 weeks to 36 months) with confirmed normal peripheral auditory function were included. Click stimuli (0.1 ms, rarefaction polarity) were delivered monaurally via ER-3A insert earphones at 80 dB nHL and a repetition rate of 19.3/s. Two average runs of 2000 artifact-free sweeps were recorded per ear. Absolute latencies of waves I, III, and V, interpeak intervals I-III, III-V, and I-V, and amplitudes of waves I and V were analyzed.

resultsStatistical modeling supported the consolidation of 12 initial age bins into three clinically and statistically validated categories: 0-3, 4-12, and 13-36 months. Wave I latency remained stable across age groups, whereas waves III and V and all interpeak intervals showed progressive shortening with increasing age. Wave V amplitude increased progressively with age, while wave I amplitude remained unchanged. Females presented shorter latencies than males for waves III and V and for all interpeak intervals. The right ear exhibited a shorter III-V interpeak interval than the left ear, with a significant ear × age interaction indicating that this asymmetry is modulated during early maturation. Age, sex, and ear-stratified normative values (two SD and three SD reference limits) are reported.

conclusionThis study provides the first pediatric normative dataset for click-evoked ABR acquired with the NeuroAudio system in children under three years of age. The proposed three age stratifications, together with sex- and ear-specific reference values for the III-V interpeak interval, offer a clinically actionable framework for the accurate interpretation of pediatric ABR recordings and for the early identification of auditory pathway abnormalities.

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auditory brainstem responsehearing testsinfantinteraural asymmetryreference values

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