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Recovering Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder: A Pediatric Case Study from an Audio logical Perspective

Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) is a peculiar hearing disorder among the retrocochlear hearing impairment category characterized by normal Otoacoustic Emissions (OAEs) with abnormal or absent Auditory Brainstem Responses (ABR). Literature evidences

Warrants the monitoring of hearing thresholds among high risk babies diagnosed with ANSD as there is a possibility of recovering the hearing loss in them. The present study demonstrates a 2 year 3 month old girl child who was diagnosed initially as ANSD, but later showed improvement in hearing to near normal level in 3 months. Close monitoring of all cases diagnosed with ANSD is recommended in view of the possible of transient nature of the disorder despite the presence or absence of OAEs.

Author(s): Vishnu Mohan

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