how to cite this article: akbari m, joghataei mt, poorbakhat a, jenabi ms. contra-lateral auditory brainstem responses in dyslexia. iran j child neurol. autumn 2016; 10(4): 10-15.   abstract objective dyslexia is a neurological dysfunction (also known as a learning disability) that characterized by disability in reading in spite of normal intelligence. bothe genetic and environmental risk facto...

Introduction: Preterm birth is a risk factor for a number of conditions that requires comprehensive examination. Our study was designed to investigate the impact of preterm birth on the processing of auditory stimuli and brain structures at the brainstem level at a preschool age.   Materials and Methods: An auditory brainstem response (ABR) test was performed with low rates of stimuli in 60 ch...

background and aim: kawasaki disease (kd) is an acute childhood febrile illness with world­wide incidence and the highest incidence occurs in asian children, with coronary arteritis being the main complication. sensorineural hearing loss (snhl) has also been described as a comp­lication of kd in several articles. the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of snhl in patients with kd t...