Dear P R, Godfrey D J
Arch Dis Child. 1985 Jan;60(1):17-9. doi: 10.1136/adc.60.1.17.
In two newborn infants who had experienced severe asphyxial insults, and who showed noticeable signs of brainstem dysfunction, all components of the auditory brainstem response except the eighth nerve potential became undetectable. Both babies survived, their brainstem responses returned, and one of them is judged to be developmentally normal at the age of 18 months. Clinical signs of brainstem dysfunction with complete cessation of conduction in the brainstem auditory pathway cannot be taken, therefore, as a sign of irreversible brainstem damage in the human newborn.
在两名经历过严重窒息损伤且表现出明显脑干功能障碍迹象的新生儿中，除第八神经电位外，听觉脑干反应的所有成分均无法检测到。两名婴儿均存活下来，他们的脑干反应恢复了，其中一名在18个月大时被判定发育正常。因此，脑干听觉通路传导完全停止的脑干功能障碍临床体征不能被视为人类新生儿不可逆脑干损伤的标志。
