The Brain Stem Evoked Response Audiometry (BERA)

: is an objective test that gives us the approximate average hearing threshold level of the subject. It is a very reliable but time consuming test to objectively evaluate the hearing threshold of an adult or child across all frequencies except for the low frequencies.

The term objective signifies that the patient does not have to subjectively respond to the sound stimuli and convey whether the patient is hearing the sound or not which is required in most hearing tests. The BERA test can automatically detect the patients hearing threshold i.e., how much the patient is hearing and is hence very useful to detect the hearing status in small children and in difficult to test adults. It is usually done using a click sound by which the subject’s average hearing threshold across all frequencies is evaluated.

The BERA test is also done to identify the site of lesion i.e., the anatomical region in the brain where there is a damage in the auditory pathway inside the brain in  patients suffering from vertigo / deafness / tinnitus. In Shrobonee, in addition at shrobonee provisions of carrying out Tone Evoked BERA i.e., BERA test with pure tone sounds to objectively evaluate hearing thresholds at different frequencies and also Bone Conduction BERA.

Log in at www.calcuttahearing.com or www.shrobonee.com or call us at 9830074043 to know the locations where we conduct BERA Test.