Hearing test – ASSR (auditory steady state response)

• During the examination, silence is required, the subject cannot chew or swallow, and the eyes are closed to reduce visual stimuli.

• In young children, the examination is most often performed after feeding, while they are sleeping:
  1) During the night or early morning hours before the examination (before the usual waking time), it is necessary to wake the child and not allow them to fall asleep again until they arrive at the examination room, so that the child is sleepy and tired at the time of the examination.
  Care should be taken to ensure that the child does not fall asleep during the journey!
  2) The child should be slightly hungry upon arrival for the examination. For example, the child should eat their last meal in the evening and then again in the morning in the examination room before falling asleep.
  Feeding the child just before the examination increases the chances of falling asleep faster.

• A child presenting for an ASSR test should be healthy. It is not recommended to perform an ASSR test during an infection due to the potential for false results due to secretions remaining in the nasopharynx. If a child has had an infection, it is safest to schedule an ASSR test approximately two weeks after the infection ends.

ASSR is a safe and objective electrophysiological test. Steady-state auditory evoked potentials (ASSPs) are the auditory response generated by acoustic stimulation of the ear. This test allows for the simultaneous assessment of the hearing thresholds of both ears.

• diseases/pathologies of the middle ear.

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