Auditory Steady State Responses (ASSR) From Aud Tewfiq Siliman(tewfiqsiliman @yahoo.com)

Auditory Steady State Responses (ASSR) From Aud Tewfiq Siliman(tewfiqsiliman @yahoo.com)

ASSR testing is another electrophysiologic measurement of a baby’s hearing. The benefit of the ASSR is that the results may provide more frequency-specific threshold information for infants who have severe to profound hearing losses. This enables the audiologist to have more precise data to proceed with hearing aid fittings or determining cochlear implant candidacy. At the present time, ASSR is not available in all audiological clinics. The Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) 2007 Position Statement does not recommend this procedure as the sole measure of auditory status in newborn and infant populations. Like ABR assessment, infants over 6 months of age may need to be sedated for ASSR testing.