Information from cochlear potentials and genetic mutations helps localize the lesion site in auditory neuropathy

Genome Med 2010, 2:91 doi:10.1186/gm212

Rosamaria Santarelli, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialities, Service of Audiology and Phoniatrics, University of Padua

Keywords: Auditory neuropathy (AN), disruption of auditory nerve activity,  impairment of speech perception,  hearing loss, abnormality of auditory brainstem potentials, preserved outer hair-cell activities, multisystem involvement,  peripheral and optic neuropathies, abnormal cochlear potentials have been recorded from patients, genetically based auditory neuropathies,  molecular mechanisms.