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Jiang ZD, Wang C, Jiang JK. Postnatal functional integrity of the brainstem auditory pathway in late preterm infants born of small-for-gestation age: how different from those born of appropriate-for-gestation. Eur J Pediatr 2024; 183:3041-3051. [PMID: 38652266 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-024-05571-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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It is unclear whether there is any postnatal abnormality in brainstem auditory function in late preterm small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants. We investigated the functional integrity of the brainstem auditory pathway at 4 months after term in late preterm SGA infants and defined differences from appropriate-for-gestational age (AGA) infants. The maximum length sequence brainstem evoked response (MLS BAER) was recorded and analyzed in 24 SGA (birthweight < 3rd centile) infants and 28 AGA infants (birthweight > 10th centile). All infants were born at 33-36-week gestation without major perinatal and postnatal problems. We found that I-V interval in SGA infants was shorter than in AGA infants at higher click rates and significantly shorter at the highest rate of 910/s. Of the two smaller intervals, I-III interval was significantly shorter in SGA infants than in AGA infants at higher click rates of 455 and 910/s clicks, whereas III-V interval was similar in the two groups. The III-V/I-III interval ratio in SGA infants tended to be greater than in AGA infants at all rates and was significantly greater at 455 and 910/s clicks. The slope of I-III interval-rate functions in SGA infants was moderately smaller than in AGA infants. Conclusions: The main and fundamental difference between late preterm SGA and AGA infants was a significant shortening in the MLS BAER I-III interval in SGA infants at higher click rates, suggesting moderately faster neural conduction in the caudal brainstem regions. Postnatal neural maturation in the caudal brainstem regions is moderately accelerated in late preterm SGA infants. What is Known: • At 40 weeks of postconceptional age, late preterm SGA infants manifested a mild delay in neural conduction in the auditory brainstem. What is New: • At 56 weeks of postconceptional age, late preterm SGA infants manifested moderately faster neural conduction in the caudal brainstem regions. • Postnatal neural maturation is moderately accelerated in the caudal brainstem regions of late preterm SGA infants.
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- Ze Dong Jiang
- Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, 399 Wan Yuan Road, Shanghai, 201112, China.
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- Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, 399 Wan Yuan Road, Shanghai, 201112, China
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- Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, 399 Wan Yuan Road, Shanghai, 201112, China
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Jiang ZD, Wang C, Ping LL, Yin R. Altered maturation in brainstem neural conduction in very premature babies with fetal growth restriction. Pediatr Res 2023; 94:1472-1479. [PMID: 36966269 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-023-02565-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Using maximum length sequence brainstem auditory evoked response (MLS BAER) to study brainstem neural conduction and maturation in fetal growth restriction (FGR) babies born very prematurely and assess the effect of FGR on brainstem neural maturation. METHODS MLS BAER was recorded and analyzed at a mean 40 week postmenstrual age in babies born at 27-32 week gestation without other major perinatal conditions or problems. The data were compared between babies with FGR (n = 30) and age-matched babies without FGR (n = 34) to define any differences. RESULTS A notable difference in MLS BAER was found in interpeak intervals between the babies with FGR and those without FGR. The FGR babies manifested significantly shortened I-III interval, moderately prolonged III-V interval, and significantly decreased III-V/I-III interval ratio. The slope of the I-III interval-rate function in FGR babies was moderately decreased, relative to that in the babies without FGR. CONCLUSION FGR babies born very prematurely are associated with accelerated or precocial neural maturation at caudal brainstem regions, but moderately delayed maturation at rostral brainstem regions. The altered brainstem neural maturation is different from previously reported mildly delayed maturation in FGR babies born less prematurely, and may have important implication for neurodevelopmental outcome. IMPACT This first MLS BAER study in FGR found that brainstem neural maturation in very premature FGR babies differed from age-matched non-FGR babies. Neural maturation in very premature FGR babies is accelerated or precocial at caudal brainstem regions but moderately delayed at rostral brainstem regions. The altered maturation is different from previously reported mild delay in brainstem neural maturation in FGR babies born less prematurely. FGR exerts a major and differential effect on brainstem neural maturation in babies born very prematurely. This alteration in very premature FGR babies may have important implication for their neurodevelopment.
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- Ze Dong Jiang
- Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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- Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Talge NM, Adkins M, Kileny PR, Frownfelter I. Click-evoked auditory brainstem responses and autism spectrum disorder: a meta-analytic investigation of disorder specificity. Pediatr Res 2022; 92:40-46. [PMID: 34497358 PMCID: PMC8901768 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-021-01730-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Click-evoked auditory brainstem response (ABR) alterations are associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but the specificity of these findings to the disorder is unclear. We therefore performed a meta-analysis on ABRs and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a neurodevelopmental disorder that shares some etiologic and symptom overlap with ASD. METHODS Seven papers compared ABR latency components (I, III, V, I-III, III-V, and I-V) between participants with and without ADHD. We used random-effects regression to generate component-specific estimates (Hedges's g) that adjusted for study sample sizes and the number of studies contributing to each estimate. We compared these estimates to our recently published meta-analysis of ABRs and ASD. RESULTS All ADHD studies employed cross-sectional designs. ADHD was associated with longer latencies for waves III and V (g = 0.6, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.3, 1.0 and g = 0.6, 95% CI 0.3, 0.9) and waves I-III and I-V (g = 0.7, 95% CI 0.2, 1.3 and g = 0.6, 95% CI 0.3, 1.0). Effect sizes from the ASD and ADHD meta-analyses did not differ from each other. CONCLUSIONS Similar patterns of ABR alterations are observed in ADHD and ASD. However, studies rarely screen for middle ear dysfunction or hearing loss and rely upon cross-sectional designs. Addressing these issues will inform the viability of ABRs as a prognostic and/or etiologic biomarker for these disorders. IMPACT Click-evoked ABR alterations are associated with ASD, but the specificity of these findings to the disorder is unclear. We therefore performed a meta-analysis of the association between ABRs and ADHD, a disorder that shares some etiologic and symptom overlap with ASD. ADHD was associated with longer ABR latencies for several components. These components are identical to those implicated in ASD. Effect sizes were similar in magnitude across disorders. The viability of ABRs as prognostic and/or etiologic biomarkers for neurodevelopmental risk requires addressing limitations in the literature (e.g., cross-sectional data, non-standardized ABR protocols, minimal characterization of symptom heterogeneity).
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- Nicole M. Talge
- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824,College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824,College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Dept. of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Wu Y, Stoodley C, Brossard-Racine M, Kapse K, Vezina G, Murnick J, du Plessis AJ, Limperopoulos C. Altered local cerebellar and brainstem development in preterm infants. Neuroimage 2020; 213:116702. [PMID: 32147366 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Revised: 12/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Premature birth is associated with high prevalence of neurodevelopmental impairments in surviving infants. The putative role of cerebellar and brainstem dysfunction remains poorly understood, particularly in the absence of overt structural injury. METHOD We compared in-utero versus ex-utero global, regional and local cerebellar and brainstem development in healthy fetuses (n = 38) and prematurely born infants without evidence of structural brain injury on conventional MRI studies (n = 74) that were performed at two time points: the first corresponding to the third trimester, either in utero or ex utero in the early postnatal period following preterm birth (30-40 weeks of gestation; 38 control fetuses; 52 premature infants) and the second at term equivalent age (37-46 weeks; 38 control infants; 58 premature infants). We compared 1) volumetric growth of 7 regions in the cerebellum (left and right hemispheres, left and right dentate nuclei, and the anterior, neo, and posterior vermis); 2) volumetric growth of 3 brainstem regions (midbrain, pons, and medulla); and 3) shape development in the cerebellum and brainstem using spherical harmonic description between the two groups. RESULTS Both premature and control groups showed regional cerebellar differences in growth rates, with the left and right cerebellar hemispheres showing faster growth compared to the vermis. In the brainstem, the pons grew faster than the midbrain and medulla in both prematurely born infants and controls. Using shape analyses, premature infants had smaller left and right cerebellar hemispheres but larger regional vermis and paravermis compared to in-utero control fetuses. For the brainstem, premature infants showed impaired growth of the superior surface of the midbrain, anterior surface of the pons, and inferior aspects of the medulla compared to the control fetuses. At term-equivalent age, premature infants had smaller cerebellar hemispheres bilaterally, extending to the superior aspect of the left cerebellar hemisphere, and larger anterior vermis and posteroinferior cerebellar lobes than healthy newborns. For the brainstem, large differences between premature infants and healthy newborns were found in the anterior surface of the pons. CONCLUSION This study analyzed both volumetric growth and shape development of the cerebellum and brainstem in premature infants compared to healthy fetuses using longitudinal MRI measurements. The findings in the present study suggested that preterm birth may alter global, regional and local development of the cerebellum and brainstem even in the absence of structural brain injury evident on conventional MRI.
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- Yao Wu
- Center for the Developing Brain, Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C., USA
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- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada
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- Center for the Developing Brain, Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C., USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology, Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C., USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology, Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C., USA
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- Fetal Medicine Institute, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, 20010, USA
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- Center for the Developing Brain, Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C., USA; Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology, Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C., USA.
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Jacob-Corteletti LCB, Araújo ES, Duarte JL, Zucki F, Alvarenga KDF. Acoustic Reflex Testing in Neonatal Hearing Screening and Subsequent Audiological Evaluation. JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING RESEARCH : JSLHR 2018; 61:1784-1793. [PMID: 29913009 DOI: 10.1044/2018_jslhr-h-16-0291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2016] [Accepted: 02/16/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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PURPOSE The aims of the study were to examine the acoustic reflex screening and threshold in healthy neonates and those at risk of hearing loss and to determine the effect of birth weight and gestational age on acoustic stapedial reflex (ASR). METHOD We assessed 18 healthy neonates (Group I) and 16 with at least 1 risk factor for hearing loss (Group II); all of them passed the transient evoked otoacoustic emission test that assessed neonatal hearing. The test battery included an acoustic reflex screening with activators of 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz and broadband noise and an acoustic reflex threshold test with all of them, except for the broadband noise activator. RESULTS In the evaluated neonates, the main risk factors were the gestational age at birth and a low birth weight; hence, these were further analyzed. The lower the gestational age at birth and birth weight, the less likely that an acoustic reflex would be elicited by pure-tone activators. This effect was significant at the frequencies of 0.5, 1, and 2 kHz for gestational age at birth and at the frequencies of 1 and 2 kHz for birth weight. When the broadband noise stimulus was used, a response was elicited in all neonates in both groups. When the pure-tone stimulus was used, the Group II showed the highest acoustic reflex thresholds and the highest percentage of cases with an absent ASR. The ASR threshold varied from 50 to 100 dB HL in both groups. Group II presented higher mean ASR thresholds than Group I, this difference being significant at frequencies of 1, 2, and 4 kHz. CONCLUSIONS Birth weight and gestational age at birth were related to the elicitation of the acoustic reflex. Neonates with these risk factors for hearing impairment were less likely to exhibit the acoustic reflex and had higher thresholds.
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- Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
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- Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, Federal University of Sergipe, Lagarto, Brazil
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- Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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Talge NM, Tudor BM, Kileny PR. Click-evoked auditory brainstem responses and autism spectrum disorder: A meta-analytic review. Autism Res 2018; 11:916-927. [PMID: 29603654 DOI: 10.1002/aur.1946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Revised: 02/27/2018] [Accepted: 02/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Behavior does not differentiate ASD risk prior to 12 months of age, but biomarkers may inform risk before symptoms emerge. Click-evoked auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) may be worth consideration due to their measurement properties (noninvasiveness; reliability) and conceptual features (well-characterized neural generators), but participant characteristics and assessment protocols vary considerably across studies. Our goal is to perform a meta-analysis of the association between ABRs and ASD. Following an electronic database search (PubMed, Medline, PsycInfo, PsycArticles), we included papers that were written in English, included ASD and typically-developing (TD) groups, and reported the information needed to calculate standardized mean differences (Hedges's g) for at least one ABR latency component (I, III, V, I-III, III-V, I-V). We weighted and averaged effect sizes across conditions and subsets of participants to yield one estimate per component per study. We then performed random-effects regressions to generate component-specific estimates. ASD was associated with longer ABR latencies for Waves III (g = 0.5, 95% CI 0.1, 0.9), V (g = 0.7, 95% CI 0.3, 1.1), I-III (g = 0.7, 95% CI 0.2, 1.2), and I-V (g = 0.6, 95% CI 0.2, 1.0). All components showed significant heterogeneity. Associations were strongest among participants ≤8 years of age and those without middle ear abnormalities or elevated auditory thresholds. In sum, associations between ABRs and ASD are medium-to-large in size, but exhibit heterogeneity. Identifying sources of heterogeneity is challenging, however, due to power limitations and co-occurrence of sample/design characteristics across studies. Research addressing the above limitations is crucial to determining the etiologic and/or prognostic value of ABRs for ASD. Autism Res 2018, 11: 916-927. © 2018 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. LAY SUMMARY Auditory brainstem responses (ABR) may be associated with ASD, but participant characteristics and assessment protocols vary considerably across individual studies. Our goal is to combine the results across these studies to facilitate clarity on the topic. Doing so represents a first step in evaluating whether ABRs yield potential for informing the etiology of ASD risk and/or ASD symptom profiles.
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- Nicole M Talge
- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Zafeiriou DI. The brainstem in late preterm birth: Born small-for-gestational-age is the "tip of the iceberg". Clin Neurophysiol 2016; 127:3178-3179. [PMID: 27353720 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.05.366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2016] [Accepted: 05/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Small-for-gestation birth exerts a minor additional effect on functional impairment of the auditory brainstem in high-risk babies born at late preterm. Clin Neurophysiol 2016; 127:3187-3194. [PMID: 27287885 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2015] [Revised: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 05/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To address if small-for-gestational-age (SGA) significantly affects the developing auditory brainstem in late preterm babies with perinatal problems (i.e. high-risk), providing valuable information for management of such babies. METHODS SGA and appropriate-for-gestational age (AGA) babies born at 33-36weeks of gestation were studied at term using maximum length sequence brainstem auditory evoked response in response to 91-910/s clicks. RESULTS Compared with AGA late preterm babies without perinatal problems (i.e. low-risk), the high-risk SGA babies manifested a significant increase in wave V latency and I-V interval at all 91-910/s clicks, and III-V interval at 455 and 910/s. The amplitude was smaller for wave I at 227 and 910/s, wave III at 910/s and wave V at 227 and 910/s. Compared with low-risk SGA babies, the high-risk SGA babies showed similarly abnormalities. Compared with high-risk AGA babies, the high-risk SGA babies manifested slightly different abnormalities. CONCLUSIONS Brainstem auditory response was abnormal in high-risk SGA late preterm babies. The abnormalities, suggesting brainstem auditory impairment, were slightly different from high-risk AGA late preterm babies. SIGNIFICANCE SGA birth exerts a minor additional effect on the impaired auditory brainstem in high-risk babies born at late preterm. For these babies, neuroprotective measures should mainly target at associated perinatal problems, although the relatively minor adverse SGA effect cannot be ignored.
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