Volume : 7, Issue : 12, December - 2018

Brain Stem Auditory Evoked response in Alcoholics

Dr. Mamta Rode

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Alcohol is the most commonly used abused drug in the world. Long term alcohol consumption affects all the organs including central nervous system. Brain stem auditory evoked response are the potential recorded from vertex and ear in response to ief auditory stimulus and reflect various diseases of auditory nerve and central auditory pathway. The study was designed to evaluate and compare the ain stem auditory evoked response in Right and left ear Latencies and inter peak latencies in chronic alcoholics and non alcoholic controls. it was case control study including 100 subjects - 50 non-alcoholic controls and 50 alcoholics consuming </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Symbol;">&sup3;</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> 21 units / week.</span>< /> <span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:&#10;115%;font-family:&quot;Calii&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:&#10;minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;&#10;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:MR">Mean latency of wave III and wave V was significantly higher in alcoholics. Inter peak latency of wave I-III, I-V was significantly increased in alcoholics as compared to non-alcoholics. long term alcohol consumption affects auditory pathway and delays auditory transmission time in alcoholics</span></p>