Aguilar-Madrid G, Torres-Valenzuela A, Hinojos-Escobar W, Cabello-López A, Gopar-Nieto R, Ravelo-Cortés PE, Haro-García LC, Juárez-Péreza CA

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ABSTRACT

Background: Brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) evaluate the auditory pathway, and are a complementary test for tone audiometry in evaluating auditory diseases. The aim of the study was to determine BAEP mean latencies of waves and intervals, among healthy adults.
Methods: Cross-sectional study, comprising 196 subjects, aged 16 to 65 years, without auditory diseases, to whom family and personal history were asked, physical examination and laboratory studies were made, as well as tonal audiometry, impedanciometry and BAEP.
Results: A total of 107 men and 89 women were studied. The mean latency periods of waves I, III and V, and intervals I-III, III-V and I-V from both ears were similar. An increase in the latency periods for each age category was observed. Latency periods were significantly shorter in women compared to men. The predictors that increased the latency periods in the multiple linear regression models for waves and intervals were male gender and age ≥45 years.
Conclusions: Age and sex were the variables that showed more statistical power to explain the latencies’ differences.

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