Evidence of validity and reliability of the Compressed Speech Test with Figures.

Purpose: To seek evidence of validity and reliability for the Compressed Speech Test with Figures.

Methods: The study was subdivided into three stages: construct validation, criteria and reliability. All participants were aged between 6:00 and 8:11.

Aging process and central auditory pathway: a study based on auditory brainstem evoked potential and frequency-following response.

Objective: To analyze age-related changes in the central auditory pathway in healthy elderly individuals.

Methods: A prospective, quantitative cross-sectional study. The caseload comprised 18 adults (mean age, 22.

Frequency-Following Response with Speech Stimulus: Comparison between Two Methods of Stimulation.

 Frequency-following response with speech stimulus (FFR-speech) is a subcortical potential that satisfactorily evaluates the processing of verbal information. However, there still are differences in the literature regarding its analysis and stimulation protocol.  To compare two stimulation protocols for the capture of FFR-speech, to identify the percentage of occurrence of the waves among them and to compare it with the specialized literature, as well as to describe the interpeaks of its waves.

Applicability of Evoked Auditory Brainstem Responses with Complex Stimuli in Adults with Hearing Loss.

 The use of the speech-evoked auditory brainstem response (ABR) shows how the brainstem operates up to the subcortex in a more complex manner than when the click-evoked ABR is used.  To study the applicability of the speech-evoked ABR in adults with hearing loss.  The sample was composed of a study group of 11 subjects, with ages ranging between 18 and 59 years, and auditory thresholds within normal standards, with loss of up to 65 dB at high frequencies or up to moderately severe symmetric sensorineural hearing loss.

Speech-evoked Brainstem Auditory Responses and Auditory Processing Skills: A Correlation in Adults with Hearing Loss.

 The auditory system consists of sensory structures and central connections. The evaluation of the auditory pathway at a central level can be performed through behavioral and electrophysiological tests, because they are complementary to each other and provide important information about comprehension.  To correlate the findings of speech brainstem-evoked response audiometry with the behavioral tests Random Gap Detection Test and Masking Level Difference in adults with hearing loss.