Patients with Myotonic Dystrophy (MyD) frequently suffer from a dysfunction of the primary sensory pathways, as documented by abnormalities of short-latency evoked potentials. Impairment of intellectual functions has been less extensively investigated. Short-latency brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) as well as long-latency auditory event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded from 5...

The study was conducted on 27 rubber factory workers for the functional assessment of brainstem auditory pathway. Neurobehavioural questionnaire was administered to the workers and the personal sampler was used to evaluate the respirable particulate load inhaled per day of each worker along with qualitative analysis for PAH compounds. Evoked potential recording was carried out for brainstem aud...

OBJECTIVES To analyze the correlation between brainstem-auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) and nerve conduction (NC) studies in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the results from the subjects who received our neurological screening test including BAEP and NC studies. A DM group and a control group were applied. The DM group was subdivided 4 subgroups inc...

OBJECTIVE To determine the changes of brain stem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) in diabetes mellitus (DM). METHODS In a case-control study, 50 diabetic subjects (54.2+/-9.9 years) and 69 healthy subjects (50.87+/-10.6 years) were selected in the Clinic of Neurology, Emam Reza Hospital, Tabriz, Iran, from April 2006 to July 2007. Diabetic subjects were classified according to type of diabete...

Auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) and behavioral tests were used to evaluate auditory processing in 10 children aged 7 to 11 years who were diagnosed as learning disabled (LD). AEPs included auditory brainstem responses (ABRs), middle latency responses (MLRs), and late cortical responses (P1, N1, P2, P3). Late cortical responses were recorded using an active listening oddball procedure. Auditor...

INTRODUCTION Earlier studies have demonstrated an auditory effect of lead exposure in children, but information on the effects of low chronic exposures needs to be further elucidated. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of low chronic exposures of the auditory system in children with a history of low blood lead levels, using an auditory electrophysiological test. METHODS Contemporary cross-...

The electrophysiological correlate of change in sensory function during pregnancy has not been reported. The brain stem auditory evoked potentials were recorded in eight pregnant women during third trimester from CZ-A1 and CZ-A2 position, with alternating 90 dB sound pressure click stimuli delivered at 10/sec and -40 dB (white noise) masking of contralateral ear. Two thousand and forty eight re...