Discrepancies in Hearing Thresholds between Pure-Tone Audiometry and Auditory Steady-State Response in Non-Malingerers

Conclusions: Clinicians should not rely exclusively on ASSR, especially in cases of central nervous system including temporal, frontal lobe, or thalamus lesions. If no lesions are found in a neuroimaging study of a patient with a discrepancy between PTA thresholds and estimated ASSR thresholds, further functional studies of the brain may be needed. If clinicians encounter patients with a discrepancy between PTA thresholds and estimated ASSR thresholds, an evaluation of brain lesions and repeat audiologic tests are recommended in lieu of relying solely on ASSR.
Source: Ear and Hearing - Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research