[Acoustically evoked brain stem potentials. Prerequisites for clinical use, data quality and sources of error]
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Infant Auditory Processing and Event-related Brain Oscillations
Published on: July 1, 2015
G Litscher1, G Pfurtscheller, G Schwarz
1Abteilung für Medizinische Informatik, Technischen Universität Graz.
Abstract:
Ninety patients were subjected to brain-stem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) measurements in the intensive care unit. The data are analyzed and discussed with respect to their quality, reliability, and reproducibility. BAEPs of a quality satisfactory for diagnosis were found in 90% of the patients. About 10% of the measurements were distorted by artifacts and could not be used for diagnostic purposes. Reasons for these artifacts and problems of interpretation are discussed. Examples of single BAEPs and on-line monitoring of BAEPs in the form of "compressed BAEPs" are shown.
