Comparison of Indicators of Short and Long Latency Auditory Evoked Potentials in Newborns.

Auditory evoked potentials (EVP) are an effective and non-invasive way to assess the functional state of the auditory nerve and auditory sensory pathways of the brainstem. An increase in the latent periods of peaks III, IV, V, as well as a lengthening of the time of central sound conduction of III-V and I-V waves in all newborns with hyperbilirubinemia, indicates a pathology of hearing of central origin with impaired conduction along the auditory pathways at the level of the lower and middle third of the brain pons.