TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Auditory brainstem responses in infants and children with anoxic brain damage due to near-suffocation or near-drowning
JO  - International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology
A1  - Kaga, K.
A1  - Ichimura, K.
A1  - Kitazumi, E.
A1  - Kodama, K.
A1  - Tamai, F.
SP  - 231
EP  - 239
VL  - 36
IS  - 3
N2  - We studied auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) of sixteen infants and children with brain damage after anoxic accidents due to near-suffocation or near-drowning. The patients manifested cerebral palsy, mental retardation and/or epilepsy and showed poor responses in the behavioral audiometry. Auditory brainstem responses were abnormal in five of the patients in the near-drowning group (waves I, II and III only were present in three patients and the amplitudes of waves IV and V were low in two patients) but normal in most of the patients in the near-suffocation group. This difference in the ABRs between the two groups suggest that in infants and children anoxic brain damage due to near-drowning might involve not only the cerebral cortex and subcortical white matter but also the upper brainstem and midbrain.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-5876
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -