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Objective To analyze the characteristic of auditory brainstem responses (ABR) evoked by chirp in normal hearing subjects .Methods Fifteen cases (30 ears) with normal hearing young people were recorded ABR by stimulation with two kinds of sounds :chirp and click .The data were compared .Results The response threshold of chirp-ABR were lower than that of click -ABR .The average difference was 8 .59 dB .At 90 dB nHL ,the wave V amplitude yield no significant difference between chirp -ABR and click-ABR .The wave V amplitude had a signifi-cant difference between chirp -ABR and click-ABR at 60 dB nHL .At 90 and 60 dB nHL ,the wave V amplitude of chirp-ABR had not a significant difference .The occurence rate was 40% for the wave I of chirp -ABR ,obvi-ously less than that of click -ABR .At 90 dB nHL ,the wave V latency of chirp -ABR was shorter than that of click-ABR .Conclusion The wave V response threshold of chirp -ABR is less than that of the click -ABR .The chirp-ABR is more advantageous than the click -ABR for assessing hearing threshold .
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In addition to aberrant features in the speech, children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may present unusual responses to sensory stimuli, especially to auditory stimuli. We investigated the auditory ability of children with ASD by using Auditory Brainstem Responses (ABR) as they can directly judge both hearing status and the integrity of auditory brainstem pathways. One hundred twenty-one children (71: ASD; M 58/ F 13, mean age; 41.8 months, 50: control group; M 41/ F 9, mean age; 38 months) were induded in the study. As compared with the values in the control group, the latency of wave V, wave I-V, and wave III-V inter-peak latencies were significantly prolonged (p<0.05) in the ASD group. The findings indicate that children with ASD have a dysfunction or immaturity of the central auditory nervous system. We suggest any children with prolonged III-V inter-peak latencies, especially high functioning children should be further evaluated for central auditory processing to set up a more appropriate treatment plan.