Journal of Audiology & Otology

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Effects of Age and Type of Stimulus on the Cortical Auditory Evoked Potential in Healthy Malaysian Children

  • Mukari, Siti Zamratol-Mai Sarah (Institute of Ear, Hearing and Speech, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz) ;
  • Umat, Cila (Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz) ;
  • Chan, Soon Chien (Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz) ;
  • Ali, Akmaliza (Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz) ;
  • Maamor, Nashrah (Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz) ;
  • Zakaria, Mohd Normani (Audiology and Speech Pathology Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia)
  • Received : 2019.07.01
  • Accepted : 2019.12.01
  • Published : 2020.01.20
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Abstract

Background and Objectives: The cortical auditory evoked potential (CAEP) is a useful objective test for diagnosing hearing loss and auditory disorders. Prior to its clinical applications in the pediatric population, the possible influences of fundamental variables on the CAEP should be studied. The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of age and type of stimulus on the CAEP waveforms. Subjects and Methods: Thirty-five healthy Malaysian children aged 4 to 12 years participated in this repeated-measures study. The CAEP waveforms were recorded from each child using a 1 kHz tone burst and the speech syllable /ba/. Latencies and amplitudes of P1, N1, and P2 peaks were analyzed accordingly. Results: Significant negative correlations were found between age and speech-evoked CAEP latency for each peak (p<0.05). However, no significant correlations were found between age and tone-evoked CAEP amplitudes and latencies (p>0.05). The speech syllable /ba/ produced a higher mean P1 amplitude than the 1 kHz tone burst (p=0.001). Conclusions: The CAEP latencies recorded with the speech syllable became shorter with age. While both tone-burst and speech stimuli were appropriate for recording the CAEP, significantly bigger amplitudes were found in speech-evoked CAEP. The preliminary normative CAEP data provided in the present study may be beneficial for clinical and research applications in Malaysian children.

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Acknowledgement

This study was part of a research project funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation through a Science Fund (06-01-02-SF0395). The authors wish to thank Syarifah Nur Ramadhani for her assistance with data collection.

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