Achados do potencial evocado auditivo de estado estável na neuropatia auditiva: revisão sistemática

Abstract

Introduction: The Steady State Auditory Evoked Potential (SSAEP) it is a recent electrophysiological procedure that predicts the psychoacoustic thresholds and presents as a particularity the research of the thresholds in both ears and at several frequencies at the same time, thus reducing the test time in the child audiological evaluation.Objective: To verify through a systematic review the findings of Steady State Auditory Evoked Potential to estimate psychoacoustic thresholds in children with hearing neuropathy. Method: The databases used for bibliographic survey were PubMed, Scielo and Google Scholar. Articles in English, Spanish and Portuguese were included; studies with adult and child participants who have hearing neuropathy, without publication date restriction due to the lack of studies on this subject. Studies were excluded out of the main objective, literature reviews, books and book chapters. Results / Conclusion: The findings of PEAEE in auditory neuropathy indicate that this procedure cannot be performed in isolation to predict the psychoacoustic thresholds in this group of individuals. However, the characteristics of this exam may be another important finding, which together with the other procedures necessary to complete the child audiological diagnosis, guide the audiologist about the audiological diagnosis of these individuals.