The use of intraoperative monitoring of auditory brain stem responses is described in a small series of neurotologic procedures. This testing modality appears to give the surgeon adequate warning regarding impending damage to the auditory system. It is useful in those procedures done in and around the temporal bone in which hearing is serviceable.
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