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Clinical evaluation of the vector algorithm for neonatal hearing screening using automated auditory brainstem response

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Bernie M. Keohane ,
Steve M. Mason  and
David M. Baguley
Bernie M. Keohane
Affiliation:
Clinical Research Department, SLE Ltd., Croydon, Surrey, UK
Steve M. Mason
Affiliation:
Medical Physics Department,Queens Medical Centre, UK
David M. Baguley
Affiliation:
Audiology Department, Addenbrooke’s NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK
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Abstract

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A novel auditory brainstem response (ABR) detection and scoring algorithm, entitled the Vector algorithm is described. An independent clinical evaluation of the algorithm using 464 tests (120 non-stimulated and 344 stimulated tests) on 60 infants, with a mean age of approximately 6.5 weeks, estimated test sensitivity greater than 0.99 and test specificity at 0.87 for one test. Specificity was estimated to be greater than 0.95 for a two stage screen. Test times were of the order of 1.5 minutes per ear for detection of an ABR and 4.5 minutes per ear in the absence of a clear response. The Vector algorithm is commercially availablefor both automated screening and threshold estimation in hearing screening devices.

Keywords

Evoked PotentialsAuditoryBrainstemMass ScreeningInfant NewbornSensitivity and Specificity
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 118 , Issue 2 , February 2004 , pp. 112 - 116
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2004