抄録
The correlation between the head size of 75 normally hearing adults and the latency of their auditory brainstem responses was investigated. Positive correlations were obtained between the head size and absolute latencies of wave III, V and the I-V interpeak latency. However, no correlations were obtained between the head size and the latency when separating sexes. The rank correlation analysis for male versus famale subjects produced significantly shorter latencies for female for both wave III and V absolute latency and I-V IPL. These analyses suggest that ABR norms should be developed separately for males and females, and that head size is not the only factor accounting for differences between the sexes in ABR latencies.
