15th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 13-15, 2016 • San Diego, CA
| - | 2 - Audiological Services
Correlation between Auditory Steady State Response (ASSR) testing and conventional diagnostic audiometry
Auditory Steady State Response (ASSR) testing allows for the gathering of frequency-specific electrophysiological information which a child is asleep via conscious sedation or natural speech. This measurement is often used with children who are unable to provide consistent responses via traditional audiometric testing, allowing for earlier assessment and intervention. Children who receive ASSR and are determined to have hearing loss are ultimately followed via conventional testing to confirm the results obtained via ASSR. Data from both ASSR assessment and conventional audiometry was reviewed from 2007-2011 with a total of 1069 thresholds analyzed. ASSR thresholds were compared to audiometric thresholds obtained within 1 year of each other. Normal hearing subjects were excluded but the data included mild to profound sensorineural hearing loss for children 18 years of age or younger. A statistically significant relationship between ASSR and conventional audiometric evaluation was obtained, strengthening our reliance upon ASSR as a viable option to assess children unable to perform traditional audiometry.
- Participants will be able to discuss the correlation between auditory steady state response (ASSR) assessment and conventional diagnostic audiometry in young children.
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Presenters/Authors
Alyson Mellish
(Primary Presenter,Author), Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, amellish@rchsd.org;
Alyson Mellish has been part of the Rady Children’s audiology team since 2004 and is part of the cochlear implant team. She received her doctorate in audiology in 2006 from PCO/Salus University, her Master of Arts degree in audiology from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2002, and her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1999 from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. She holds a certificate of clinical competency from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology and is licensed by the state of California for audiology and hearing instrument dispensing. She is also a member of AG Bell Association and of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance.
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Julie Silva
(Primary Presenter), Rady Childrens, jsilva@rchsd.org;
Julie Silva has been part of the Audiology team at Rady Children’s Hospital since 2003. Her areas of specialty include hearing aid fitting, auditory evoked response testing and working with implantable bond-conduction hearing aids. She received her Master of Arts degree in audiology in 2003 from San Diego State University. Julie is a California board-certified audiologist and a member of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association.
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Julie Purdy
(Co-Presenter), Rady Childrens, jpurdy@rchsd.org;
Julie Purdy has been a part of the Audiology team at Rady Children’s Hospital since 2007. She became the manager of audiology in 2014. She earned a doctorate of philosophy at the University of Utah in 1990, specializing in multicultural audiology and aging. She earned her masters of science in 1985 and her bachelors of arts in 1983, both in communication disorders from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Julie holds a certificate of clinical competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology and is licensed by the state of California.
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.