Auditory Brainstem Responses (ABR)

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Not sure if this is in the correct spot.... mods?

I'm curious about this ABR test that they keep wanting to do on me... I hate electrodes, so i'm not about to go let them do it, but I am curious. They keep reassuring me that all they would do is stick electrodes on my head and play a series of beeps that i probably wouldn't even be able to hear. I don't understand how this can test my hearing/nerve if I can't even hear it? And if I have SNHL, what would they expect to see? The same response as someone with normal hearing? No response? I don't really understand.
Maybe someone can explain it better to me?
thanks,
*EQL*
 
evil_queen_lisa said:
Not sure if this is in the correct spot.... mods?

I'm curious about this ABR test that they keep wanting to do on me... I hate electrodes, so i'm not about to go let them do it, but I am curious. They keep reassuring me that all they would do is stick electrodes on my head and play a series of beeps that i probably wouldn't even be able to hear. I don't understand how this can test my hearing/nerve if I can't even hear it? And if I have SNHL, what would they expect to see? The same response as someone with normal hearing? No response? I don't really understand.
Maybe someone can explain it better to me?
thanks,
*EQL*
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Why do I need an ABR test?

Hearing problems may be caused by a variety of problems affecting one or more components of the auditory, or hearing, system that begins with the outer ear and ends with specialized parts of the brain. At times, a hearing loss may be caused by a benign tumor arising near the hearing nerve or by loss of the special layer of insulation that normally covers the nerve.

What is the ABR test?

The auditory brain stem response, or ABR, is a test used to diagnose or rule out such problems. If you have hearing loss affecting only one ear, or hearing loss that is more pronounced in one ear or the other, your physician may suspect a problem involving the hearing nerve and has therefore referred you for an auditory brain stem response test.
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Auditory-Brain Stem Response Testing for Adults

This is from the University of Michigan and I hope it will help you.
 
evil_queen_lisa said:
Not sure if this is in the correct spot.... mods?

I'm curious about this ABR test that they keep wanting to do on me... I hate electrodes, so i'm not about to go let them do it, but I am curious. They keep reassuring me that all they would do is stick electrodes on my head and play a series of beeps that i probably wouldn't even be able to hear. I don't understand how this can test my hearing/nerve if I can't even hear it? And if I have SNHL, what would they expect to see? The same response as someone with normal hearing? No response? I don't really understand.
Maybe someone can explain it better to me?
thanks,
*EQL*
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It is usually given to someone who is unable to respond to a booth test or if they suspect auditory neuropathy or no hearing loss but a processing disorder.

Do any of those things apply to you? If not, you can stick to the booth.

What is there to hate about electrodes....
 
I only had 4 electrodes stuck on my head, one on each side of my temple, one on forehead and another just below it. they rub some sort of gel to stick them on, completely painless and, they'll also stick very fine tube into your ear and plug the ears up, all you need to do is have a snooze it'll take about 30 mins.
 
faire_jour said:
It is usually given to someone who is unable to respond to a booth test or if they suspect auditory neuropathy or no hearing loss but a processing disorder.

Do any of those things apply to you? If not, you can stick to the booth.

What is there to hate about electrodes....
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I think they want to do it because i'm loosing my hearing fairly fast.. i had a 20db drop in 12 months. I hate electrodes.. just an irrational fear.. i know there is nothing to fear, but i still do. panic attacks are not fun.
What would they see on the response of someone with severe and severe/profound SNHL?
Thanks,
*EQL*
 
They really want to check for tumors in that scenario.
 
Can't help but wonder reading posts

I have seen numerous posts since being here from people experiencing rapid hearing loss later in life. It like so many personal questions seems nosey to ask why and all the one I have read it sounds like there is no known reason why.
Is there a rapid hearing loss mystery going on out there?
 
inspirabull said:
I have seen numerous posts since being here from people experiencing rapid hearing loss later in life. It like so many personal questions seems nosey to ask why and all the one I have read it sounds like there is no known reason why.
Is there a rapid hearing loss mystery going on out there?
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lol.. i wouldnt qualify myself as "later in life"... im 22
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*EQL*
 
If you were hearing at first, and later lost your hearing at 22, that's what he mean. most deaf people lost their hearing at birth or at real early childhood or lost it due to some kind of virus or something like that.

Nowadays it seem that a lot of people are losing their hearing later in life.

BTW, This doesn't apply to people who always been HOH, rather they are mild, moderate, severe (me - I was born severe HOH in both ears, I never could hear anything without my hearing aids)... it's common for HOH to keep losing their hearing over the years.
 
It seems like from what I am learning here that is what they call " later in life"

I got my first hearing aids at your age. They thought at the time it was from the alaskan wildman boyhood of guns, heavy equipment, helicopters, snow machines, chainsaws, shop equipment etc. Then my sister turned out to be more hoh than I without any of that. We both have continued to lose hearing.

Still it is the rapid hearing loss that gets my attention like there is a mystey bug out there or something.
 
inspirabull said:
It seems like from what I am learning here that is what they call " later in life"

I got my first hearing aids at your age. They thought at the time it was from the alaskan wildman boyhood of guns, heavy equipment, helicopters, snow machines, chainsaws, shop equipment etc. Then my sister turned out to be more hoh than I without any of that. We both have continued to lose hearing.

Still it is the rapid hearing loss that gets my attention like there is a mystey bug out there or something.
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Look up DPHL. Dominant progressive hearing loss.
 
Bottesini said:
It is a virus that damages the auditory nerve of fetuses, when they are in the womb and the mother gets it.
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The damage actually comes after we are born if we are born as a premie. As far as I know the transmition of the virus happens at the time of birth.
 


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