Abstract
The relationship between hearing threshold of pure tone audiogram and the waves and latencies of auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) was investigate in 42 patients with a sensorineural hearing loss. The results were as follows; 1) Appearance rates of waves I, III and V: Appearance rates decreased as hearing threshold increased but wave V appeared approximately 100% until about 70dB of hearing level. 2) The latencies of waves I, III and V: The latencies of waves I and III did not prolong even when hearing threshold increased. Wave V showed a tendency to prolong with increase in hearing threshold more than 70dB at 2 and 4kHz.
