Survey of Audiologists' Clinical Practice Patterns and Perceptions of Electrophysiological Assessments.
Purpose: Electrophysiological assessments in audiology are used for neurodiagnostic evaluations, newborn hearing screenings, and estimating auditory thresholds when behavioral responses are unobtainable or unreliable. Nonetheless, evidence suggests that many electrophysiological tools remain underut...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Audiology Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 1060 - 1078 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Sep2026
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