Cortical auditory evoked potential in the first months of cochlear implant use in the Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder.

• Grant number: 12/16621-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: October 01, 2012
• End date: April 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Speech Therapy
• Principal Investigator: Kátia de Freitas Alvarenga
• Grantee: Leticia Cristina Vicente
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru (FOB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Bauru , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The redirection of central hearing structures in patients presented with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD) who underwent cochlear implant surgery is unclear. Nevertheless, the research of cortical auditory evoked potential may help in understanding how the development, plasticity and the cortical function of these patients occur. This study aims at characterizing the behavior of the cortical auditory evoked potential´s P1 component, in the first months of cochlear implant use in children presented with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder. Five children seen at the Audiological Research Center of the Craniofacial Anomalies Rehabilitation Hospital with the University of São Paulo, presented with pre-lingual hearing loss and using a cochlear implant, will participate in the project. The cortical auditory evoked potential research will be performed with the /da/ speech stimulus, presented in free field, in three distinct periods: at activation, three and six months following cochlear implant activation.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

VICENTE, Leticia Cristina. P1 cortical auditory evoked potential in the first months of cochlear implant use in auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder. 2014. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru (FOB/SDB) Bauru.