Predicting outcomes in early identified babies with Auditory Neuropathy: The use of electrophysiological testing at the age of 6-12 months to predict speech discrimination outcomes at 3 years of age
(Research Project CRC C1.8)
Project Leader: Kirsty Gardner-Berry
Objectives:.
1. Identify characteristics of the electrophysiology results (individually and/or in combination) that best predict the speech discrimination outcomes of babies with AN.
2. Describe any differences between the electrophysiological results and speech discrimination outcomes of AN babies using hearing aids compared to cochlear implants.
3. Develop a continuum of scores based on the electrophysiological test results that best predicts the speech discrimination ability for all hearing losses from mild to profound.
4. Describe the features of Obligatory Cortical and MMN results in babies with normal hearing, babies fitted with hearing aids, or with cochlear implants. In particular, describe waveform presence, reproducibility and differentiation between different speech stimuli.
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