At home
We bring the equipment to you, so your child can fall asleep naturally in a familiar, comfortable place, without a general anaesthetic. This often suits babies and children who find hospital or clinic visits difficult.
ABR Hearing Tests for Children: At Home or at Our Clinic
Is your child not suited to standard audiological testing? Are you waiting for a referral to a specialist hospital for ABR testing under general anaesthetic?
If so, you can book an ABR assessment in your home with our highly skilled and experienced senior paediatric audiologists who work in London's leading NHS specialist paediatric hospitals and audiology departments.
Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) testing is a diagnostic procedure which assesses the functioning of the auditory system, specifically the brainstem, which is the part of the brain that receives and processes sound information.
ABR testing is valuable for assessing hearing loss in infants, young children, or those with limited behavioral responses. Regular hearing evaluations may be challenging for these individuals, making ABR testing beneficial. It can help identify the presence of hearing impairment, auditory nerve damage, or other conditions affecting the auditory system.
Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) testing evaluates the functioning of the brainstem by placing electrodes on the scalp to detect the brain's responses to sound, generating an ABR waveform. It is particularly useful for assessing hearing in infants.
ABR testing requires patients to be asleep to minimize "noise" and improve accuracy by reducing interference. During ABR testing, electrodes pick up small electrical responses in the brain, the scale of the responses necessitate patient sleep.
Typically ABR testing requires the use of general anaesthetics or long appointment durations to allow the child to fall asleep. At Audiologist Ltd we offer at-home ABR testing, which allows the child to fall asleep normally in a comfortable environment without necessitating the use of general anaesthetics and the adverse risks and effects associated with it.
Two ways to have your child's ABR test
At our Edgware clinic
You can also bring your child to our clinic at 96 Edgware Way, Edgware HA8 8JS (entrance via Spinelab), where we carry out the ABR assessment in a quiet room.
- Mon–Thu
- 8am – 9pm
- Fri
- 8am – 3:15pm
- Sat
- Closed
- Sun
- 9am – 9pm
To Book:
We also offer the full range of children's hearing tests, including VRA, at our Edgware clinic.
To enquire about an ABR assessment at home or at our clinic, call us on 020 8168 0188 or view our Contact Information.