Functional abnormality of the auditory brainstem in high-risk late preterm infants

• Published in: Clinical neurophysiology Vol. 123; no. 5; pp. 993 - 1001
• Main Authors: Jiang, Ze D, Ping, Li L, Wilkinson, Andrew R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.05.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation - methods; Analysis of Variance; Auditory evoked potentials; Biological and medical sciences; Brain Stem - physiopathology; Brain Waves - physiology; Brainstem auditory function; Ear and associated structures. Auditory pathways and centers. Hearing. Vocal organ. Phonation. Sound production. Echolocation; Electrodiagnosis. Electric activity recording; Electroencephalography; Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem - physiology; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gestational Age; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature, Diseases - physiopathology; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Later preterm infants; Male; Medical sciences; Nervous system; Neurology; Perinatal brain damage; Premature Birth - pathology; Principal Component Analysis; Reaction Time - physiology; Risk; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Auditory evoked potentials; Brainstem auditory function; Later preterm infants; Perinatal brain damage; Human; High risk; Nervous system diseases; Maximum length sequence; Electrophysiology; Infant; Click; Cerebral disorder; Electrodiagnosis; Prematurity; Auditory evoked potential; Central nervous system disease; Risk factor; Auditory pathway
• ISSN: 1388-2457; 1872-8952
• DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.08.032

Highlights ► Little is known bout whether high-risk late preterm infants has brainstem impairment. ► Maximum length sequence brainstem auditory evoked response was found to be abnormal in these infants. ► This suggests that more central regions of the auditory brainstem are impaired in high-risk late preterm infants.