Potencial evocado auditivo de tronco encefálico com estímulo narrow band CE-Chirp Level Specific® em crianças

Abstract

Introduction: in the past years, group of researchers have been developing different stimuli for the realization of Auditory Brainstem Responses (ABR). They search minimum levels of response without the need to use correction factors in ABR. CE-Chirp LS® is one of the stimuli studied recently and aims at better latency and amplitude results through changes in chirp duration at different levels Objective: to describe the latency and amplitude times of the NB CE-Chirp LS® stimulus in the specific frequencies of 500, 1000, 2000 and 4000 Hz at levels of 80, 60, 40 and 20 dB nHL in normal hearing children. Method: through a convenience sample, 13 children with a maximum age of nine months participated in this study. For the frequency of 500 Hz, eight children participated (11 ears) and for the frequencies of 1000, 2000 and 4000 Hz 8 children participated (12 ears per frequency). Eclipse EP25 ABR system® with NB CE-Chirp LS® stimuli was used to record the potentials at the levels of 80, 60, 40 and 20 dB nHL at specific frequencies of 500, 1000, 2000 and 4000 Hz. Statistical analysis was performed from the latency and amplitude data, which were separated for each frequencies and the samples were characterized according to age and sex. Results: thirteen children were included in the study, but not all of them were evaluated at all frequencies and intensities. The latency and amplitude values for the NB CE-Chirp LS® at the specific frequencies of 500, 1000, 2000 and 4000 Hz were better when compared to the toneburst stimulus literature. Compared with the NB CE-Chirp® literature, the NB CE-Chirp LS® stimulus obtained better amplitude values, especially at high intensities. Conclusion: NB CE-Chirp LS® was promising in terms of the reliability of responses and quality in wave morphology