ABRs in Child Audiology, Neurotology and Neurology

Description

· Provides a comprehensive review of the basic science of the development of the auditory system
· Discusses in detail such developmental changes as threshold changes in auditory brainstem responses
· Of special interest to researchers and clinicians working in audiology and neurotology and in pediatric neurology
· Of special interest to researchers and clinicians working in audiology and neurotology and in pediatric neurology

For more than 40 years, Auditory Brainstem Responses (ABRs) have been used as a diagnostic tool for hearing disorders and brainstem disorders in the pediatric audiology and neurotology and child neurology. While there are many publications in this field, this new volume will review hearing problems and neurological disorders in babies, infants and children, and discuss important new advances such as ABR figure and threshold changes with infant development. The book will also cover auditory neuropathy, its numerous and new sub-classifications. Readers will be thoroughly briefed on all the new perspectives in interpreting data. Researchers and clinicians will find the text to be a valuable tool in the correct diagnosis of hearing problems and neurological diseases among babies and infants.

Table of contents

Introduction.

Chapter 1: Basic science of developmental auditory system from peripheral hearing organs to central auditory pathway. 1.1. From views of embryology, histology, biochemistry and physiology. Kimitaka Kaga, MD, PhD

Chapter 2: Social system of newborn hearing screening and ABR. 2.1.From views of public health, NHS and ABRs as post NHS. Kimitaka Kaga, MD, PhD

Chapter 3: Follow up ABRs studies from the first year of life until later ages. 3.1.Developmental changes of ABRs in the first year of life. Kimitaka Kaga, MD, PhD

Chapter 4: Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorders. 4.1.New problems of auditory nerve disease and auditory neuropathy spectrum disorders. Kimitaka Kaga, MD, PhD

Chapter 5: ABRs of child neurology. 5.1. Normalization of ABR and abnormal ABR changes in child neurology and neurological disorders Makiko Kaga, MD, PhD

References.