Stacked tone-burst-evoked auditory brainstem response (ABR): preliminary findings: Respuestas auditivas del tallo cerebral (ABR) evocadas por bursts tonales acumulados: hallazgos preliminares

In 1997, Don and his co-workers described a new method for evaluating the auditory brainstem response (ABR)—yielding the stacked-wave-V ABR—which may permit the reliable detection of even small vestibular schwannomas (VSs). However, this method requires a masking technique that may not be readily available to the clinician. Furthermore, relatively high-level noise is required and may be annoying to the patient. An alternative method that might permit the same manipulation of the ABR was thus explored whereby tone-bursts (TBs) were used to obtain frequency-specific ABRs. The goal of the study was to determine whether TBs could be used to achieve the sort of de-convolution and subsequent enhancement of wave V reported with the original method of Don et al. First, the TB-stacked ABR (wave V) was compared to that obtained using derived narrowband masked ABRs in young normal-hearing subjects. Second, the TB method was employed in subjects with unilateral VSs and in patients with unilateral sensory hearing loss in a preliminary clinical trial. The observed results are promising for the use of the TB method as an alternative approach to ABR ‘stacking’ and warrant further research and development of the TB method. En 1997 Don y colaboradores describieron un nuevo método para evaluar las respuestas auditivas del tallo cerebral. (ABR)-con énfasis en la acumulación de la onda V-que puede permitir una identificación con liable incluso de pequeños schwannomas vestibulares (VSs). Sin embargo, el método requiere una técnica de enmascaramiento que puede no estar disponible para los clinicos. Mas aún, se requiere un ruido de nivel relativa-mente elevado que puede ser molesto para el paciente. Un método alternativo que permite la misma manipulación de las ABR se exploró usando bursts tonales (TBs) para obtener ABRs de frccuencia específica. El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar si pueden ser usados los TBs para obtener un mejor despliegue y el subsecuente realce de la onda V reportado con el método original de Don y cols. En primer término, las ABR (onda V) acumuladas, evocadas por TBs sc compararon con las obtenidas usando ABRs enmascaradas con banda estrecha en sujetos jóvenes con audición normal. En segundo lugar, el método de TBs se empleó en sujetos con VSs unilaterales y en pacientes con hipoacusia unilateral en una evaluación clinica preliminar. Los resultados observados son prometedores para el uso del método de TBs como un acercamiento alternativo al “almacenamiento” de las ABRs y garantiza investigaciones adicionales y el desarrollo del método TB.

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