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  • Title: The interaction between sex and click polarity in brain-stem auditory potentials evoked from control subjects of Oriental and Caucasian origin.
    Author: Chan YW, Woo EK, Hammond SR, Yiannikas C, McLeod JG.
    Journal: Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol; 1988; 71(1):77-80. PubMed ID: 2446849.
    Abstract:
    Brain-stem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) were performed on 30 male and 30 female young normal Oriental subjects, using both condensation and rarefaction stimulation. The effects of sex and click polarity on the BAEP latencies and amplitudes were studied. Females had shorter absolute and interpeak latencies and higher absolute amplitudes than the males. These sex-related BAEP differences were independent of the click polarity. Rarefaction clicks produced shorter wave I latency and longer I-III interpeak latency, but the differences were significant in the female only. The polarity-related BAEP amplitude differences were essentially independent of the sex. BAEPs performed on 60 sex- and age-matched young Caucasian subjects produced similar results. The importance of establishing control BAEP values according to the sex and click polarity is emphasised.
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