Very late acoustically evoked potentials

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Very late AEP (SSAEP) are a subgroup of the acoustically evoked potentials and arise in the association centers that are downstream of the cerebral cortex. Their running time calculated from the start of the stimulus is> 300 ms. They can only be measured if the test person knows that a stimulus is to be expected and focuses on it ("expectation potential"). SSAEPs look very different in different test subjects, even if they can hear completely normally: There are no typical wave formations. The SSAEP cannot be assigned to an anatomically defined place of origin. Given their variability and complex measurement, SSAEPs are rarely used clinically.

See also

Event-related potentials

literature

Konrad Maurer, Nicolas Lang, Joachim Eckert: Practice of evoked potentials. Steinkopff-Verlag, 32005. ISBN 3-7985-1500-X