Correlations Between ASSR Based on Narrow-Band CE® Chirp, Click ABR, and Tone-Burst ABR in Audiological Evaluation of Children Under Anesthesia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. General Procedures
2.2.1. Click ABR Procedures
2.2.2. Tone Burst ABR Procedures
2.2.3. ASSR Procedures
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
ASSR | Auditory Steady State Response |
ABR | Auditory Brainstem Responses |
TB-ABR | Tone Burst—Auditory Brainstem Responses |
NB-CE® chirp | Narrow-Band CE® Chirp |
dB HL | Decibel Hearing Level |
Hz | Hertz |
TB | Tone Burst |
dB eHL | Decibel Estimated Hearing Level |
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Frequency | ||||||||
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500 Hz | 1000 Hz | 2000 Hz | 4000 Hz | |||||
Agreement Analyzed | r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p |
Click ABR × TB-ABR | 0.972 [0.902, 0.990] | <0.001 * | 0.959 [0.898, 0.976] | <0.001 * | 0.968 [0.911, 0.982] | <0.001 * | 0.985 [0.953, 0.994] | <0.001 * |
Click ABR × ASSR | 0.942 [0.862, 0.967] | <0.001 * | 0.958 [0.878, 0.980] | <0.001 * | 0.967 [0.919, 0.990] | <0.001 * | 0.956 [0.851, 0.989] | <0.001 * |
TB-ABR × ASSR | 0.981 [0.934, 0.992] | <0.001 * | 0.946 [0.833, 0.970] | <0.001 * | 0.954 [0.885, 0.978] | <0.001 * | 0.963 [0.864, 0.981] | <0.001 * |
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500 Hz | 1000 Hz | 2000 Hz | 4000 Hz | |||||
Agreement Analyzed | r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p |
Click ABR × TB-ABR | 0.972 [0.902, 0.990] | <0.001 * | 0.959 [0.898, 0.976] | <0.001 * | 0.968 [0.911, 0.982] | <0.001 * | 0.985 [0.953, 0.994] | <0.001 * |
Click ABR × ASSR | 0.935 [0.830, 0.964] | <0.001 * | 0.967 [0.899, 0.984] | <0.001 * | 0.970 [0.925, 0.991] | <0.001 * | 0.957 [0.848, 0.991] | <0.001 * |
TB-ABR × ASSR | 0.979 [0.939, 0.990] | <0.001 * | 0.955 [0.862, 0.975] | <0.001 * | 0.956 [0.911, 0.976] | <0.001 * | 0.966 [0.894, 0.981] | <0.001 * |
Factor | Click ABR | TB-ABR | ASSR | ||||||||||||
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F | df1 | df2 | p | r | F | df1 | df2 | p | r | F | df1 | df2 | p | r | |
Sex | 2.491 | 1 | 65 | 0.119 | 0.192 † | 1.700 | 1 | 62,006 | 0.197 | 0.163 † | 2.551 | 1 | 66,050 | 0.115 | 0.193 † |
Age group | 1.939 | 1 | 65 | 0.169 | 0.170 † | 2.357 | 1 | 62,101 | 0.130 | 0.191 † | 2.003 | 1 | 65,996 | 0.162 | 0.172 † |
Reason | 7.027 | 2 | 65 | 0.002 * | 0.422 †† | 7.531 | 2 | 62,012 | 0.001 * | 0.442 †† | 6.751 | 2 | 65,993 | 0.002 * | 0.412 †† |
Exam | Comparison | Difference | SE | t | df | p | ES |
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Click ABR | Speech/language delay × Suspected autism | −0.73 | 3.39 | −0.215 | 65 | >0.999 | 0.027 |
Speech/language delay × Suspected hearing loss | −14.76 | 4.01 | −3.684 | 65 | 0.001 * | 0.416 †† | |
Suspected autism × Suspected hearing loss | −14.03 | 4.59 | −3.061 | 65 | 0.010 * | 0.355 †† | |
TB-ABR | Speech/language delay × Suspected autism | −0.27 | 2.89 | −0.093 | 61,982 | >0.999 | 0.012 |
Speech/language delay × Suspected hearing loss | −12.84 | 3.40 | −3.779 | 62,042 | 0.001 * | 0.433 †† | |
Suspected autism × Suspected hearing loss | −12.57 | 3.87 | −3.249 | 62,021 | 0.006 * | 0.381 †† | |
ASSR | Speech/language delay × Suspected autism | −0.37 | 3.41 | −0.110 | 66,000 | >0.999 | 0.014 |
Speech/language delay × Suspected hearing loss | −14.76 | 4.13 | −3.578 | 65,995 | 0.002 * | 0.403 †† | |
Suspected autism × Suspected hearing loss | −14.39 | 4.63 | −3.109 | 65,975 | 0.008 * | 0.357 †† |
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Sideri, K.P.; Chiriboga, L.F.; Skarzynski, P.H.; Skarzynska, M.B.; Sanfins, M.D.; Colella-Santos, M.F. Correlations Between ASSR Based on Narrow-Band CE® Chirp, Click ABR, and Tone-Burst ABR in Audiological Evaluation of Children Under Anesthesia. Life 2025, 15, 860. https://doi.org/10.3390/life15060860
Sideri KP, Chiriboga LF, Skarzynski PH, Skarzynska MB, Sanfins MD, Colella-Santos MF. Correlations Between ASSR Based on Narrow-Band CE® Chirp, Click ABR, and Tone-Burst ABR in Audiological Evaluation of Children Under Anesthesia. Life. 2025; 15(6):860. https://doi.org/10.3390/life15060860
Chicago/Turabian StyleSideri, Karolina P., Laura F. Chiriboga, Piotr Henryk Skarzynski, Magdalena Beata Skarzynska, Milaine D. Sanfins, and Maria F. Colella-Santos. 2025. "Correlations Between ASSR Based on Narrow-Band CE® Chirp, Click ABR, and Tone-Burst ABR in Audiological Evaluation of Children Under Anesthesia" Life 15, no. 6: 860. https://doi.org/10.3390/life15060860
APA StyleSideri, K. P., Chiriboga, L. F., Skarzynski, P. H., Skarzynska, M. B., Sanfins, M. D., & Colella-Santos, M. F. (2025). Correlations Between ASSR Based on Narrow-Band CE® Chirp, Click ABR, and Tone-Burst ABR in Audiological Evaluation of Children Under Anesthesia. Life, 15(6), 860. https://doi.org/10.3390/life15060860