A Review of the Role of Auditory Evoked Potentials in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Assessment
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Kristine Lundgren, Associate Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Around 75% to 90% of people who experience a traumatic brain injury (TBI) are classified as having a mild TBI (mTBI). The term mTBI is synonymous with concussion or mild head injury (MHI) and is characterized by symptoms of headache, nausea, dizziness, and blurred vision. Problems in cognitive abilities such as deficits in memory, processing speed, executive functioning, and attention are also considered symptoms of mTBI. Since these symptoms are subtle in nature and may not appear immediately following the injury, mTBI is often undetected on conventional neuropsychological tests. Current neuroimaging techniques may not be sensitive enough in identifying the array of microscopic neuroanatomical and subtle neurophysiological changes following mTBI. To this end, electrophysiological tests, such as auditory evoked potentials (AEPs), can be used as sensitive tools in tracking physiological changes underlying physical and cognitive symptoms associated with mTBI. The purpose of this review article is to examine the body of literature describing the application of AEPs in the assessment of mTBI and to explore various parameters of AEPs which may hold diagnostic value in predicting positive rehabilitative outcomes for people with mTBI.
A Review of the Role of Auditory Evoked Potentials in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Assessment
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Trends in Hearing
- Language: English
- Date: 2019
- Keywords
- mild traumatic brain injury, auditory brainstem response, auditory evoked potentials, auditory middle latency response, auditory event-related potentials, amplitude, latency