ABRs and Electrically Evoked ABRs in Children

Kimitaka Kaga, MD, PhD. is the emeritus professor of University of Tokyo and the emeritus director of National Institute of Sensory Organs in National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center. He graduated from the School of Medicine in the University of Tokyo. His academic specialty is otology, neurotology and audiology. His surgical specialty is otological surgery including cochlear implant, cosmetic and functional reconstruction for microtia and atresia, and tympanoplasty. His academic concern is central auditory processing, auditory plasticity and vestibular failure and compensation in children. He is the president of Tokyo Branch of the ORL Society of Japan Inc., and the former president of Otological Society of Japan. Now he works in two institutes of The National Institute of Sensory Organs and Kamio Memorial Hospital, Audiology Clinic in Tokyo.  

Part 1 Introduction.- 1 History of ABR and EABR.- Part 2 ABRs.- 2 Origins of ABR.- 3 Gestational development of the human auditory system including the cochlea and the central auditory pathways.- 4 ABR recording technique and the evaluation of peripheral hearing loss.- 5 Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorders.- 6 Normalization and deterioration of ABR configuration in child neurology.- 7 Hypoxic and Anoxic Brain Damage.- 8 Only wave I, II of the ABR with residual hearing acuity.- 9 Auditory agnosia and later cortical deafness in a child over 29 years follow-up.- Part 3 Electrically Evoked ABRs (EABRs).- 10 Electrically evoked Auditory Brainstem Responses (EABRs), Recording Techniques, Normal (Control) and Abnormal Waveforms of the EABR.- 11 Inner ear malformation and cochlear nerve deficiency.- 12 Auditory neuropathy.- Part 4 Particular Topics.- 13 Common Cavity Deformity.- 14 Galvanic VEMP.