Re: OAE and BAER

[Juan Barios Heredero <JBARIOSH@NEXO.ES>]

Daniel M. Schwartz wrote:

>  The object of BAER screening is quite simple, is there a wave V at a
> sufficiently low
> intensity level to r/o marked hearing loss.  That level is 40 dB nHL.
> If
> there is a wave V at this level they pass, if not they fail and are
> then
> referred for complete evaluation in the lab not the nursery.

    Hi, I am a spanish clinical neurophysiologist. I usually work every
day on EMG and evoked potentials, and we usually receive children for
BAER screening. My questions are:

    Everybody at list think that presence of wave V at 40 dB nHL is
enough to reject a hearing loss suspect?
    Can anybody be polite and send an easy and FAST protocol to evaluate
hearing loss in children? (or be very, very polite and send two: one for
ICU and one for  BAER laboratory)

    Thanks in advance.