ABRs and Electrically Evoked ABRs in Children

Kimitaka Kaga, M.D. Ph.D, Current Employment National Institute of Sensory Organs, National Tokyo Medical Center, 2-5-1, Higashigaoka Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8902 Japan Other Posts and Appointments Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo Publications [From Springer] Central Auditory Pathway Disorders, 146 pages, 2009a aC--129.00 Neuropathies of the Auditory and Vestibular Eighth Cranial Nerves, 160 pages, 2009, aC--109.00 Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential, 112 pages, 2009, aC--99.00

• Part 1 Introduction.- 1 History of ABR and EABR.- Part 2 ABRs.- 2 Origins of ABR.- 3 Gestational development of the human auditory system including the cochlea and the central auditory pathways.- 4 ABR recording technique and the evaluation of peripheral hearing loss.- 5 Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorders.- 6 Normalization and deterioration of ABR configuration in child neurology.- 7 Hypoxic and Anoxic Brain Damage.- 8 Only wave I, II of the ABR with residual hearing acuity.- 9 Auditory agnosia and later cortical deafness in a child over 29 years follow-up.- Part 3 Electrically Evoked ABRs (EABRs).- 10 Electrically evoked Auditory Brainstem Responses (EABRs), Recording Techniques, Normal (Control) and Abnormal Waveforms of the EABR.- 11 Inner ear malformation and cochlear nerve deficiency.- 12 Auditory neuropathy.- Part 4 Particular Topics.- 13 Common Cavity Deformity.- 14 Galvanic VEMP.