RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Auditory dysfunction in Ramsay Hunt syndrome.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 824
OP 826
DO 10.1136/jnnp.49.7.824
VO 49
IS 7
A1 Iragui, V J
YR 1986
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/49/7/824.abstract
AB A 48-year-old woman with a Ramsay Hunt syndrome due to herpes zoster had a hearing deficit. Brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) localised the site of dysfunction to the ipsilateral eighth nerve. Clinical improvement was associated with improvement of the BAEP. Conventional audiological studies and BAEPs provided no evidence of involvement of the cochlea or the brainstem. In Ramsay Hunt syndrome, BAEPs may help to localise the site of involvement within the auditory pathway and follow the course of the disease.