Comparison between auditory brain stem responses evoked by rarefaction and condensation step functions and clicks.

In order to evaluate the influence of the trailing edge of clicks on the auditory brain stem response (ABR) in normal ears, rarefaction and condensation step functions (RS and CS) compared to rarefaction and condensation clicks (RC and CC) at an intensity of 70 dB nHL were used. Significant intraindividual differences could be found for the latencies and amplitudes in the RS-CS, RS-RC and RC-CC comparison. However, the mean values of the complete group of test subjects showed no significant differences for the latencies and amplitudes, except the significantly greater amplitudes of wave I and II for R versus C step and R versus C click. Only a tendency to shorter latency for wave VI with R versus C step and click was revealed. These results show that there was no essential influence of the trailing edge of the used R and C clicks on the ABR. The latency of the ABR with excitation of the cochlea by step or click function seemed to be mainly determined by the internal oscillation sequence in the cochlea and not by the stimulus polarity.

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