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Auditory brain stem responses (ABRs) are short latency microvolt potentials evoked by acoustic stimuli and recordable by computer averaging with electrodes located centimeters from the active tissue. These responses were first recognized in cats by Jewett (1970) and soon reported from humans (Jewett et al. 1970). In the clinic ABRs have provided useful measures for hearing and for physiological evaluation of the brain stem’s integrity (Hecox and Galambos 1974; Starr and Achor 1975).
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Corwin, J.T., Bullock, T.H., Schweitzer, J. (1982). The Auditory Brain Stem Response in Five Vertebrate Classes. In: How do Brains Work?. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9427-3_39
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