Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | This chapter reviews the numerous non-genetic risk factors and medical conditions known to be potentially associated with an Auditory Neuropathy/Auditory Dys-synchrony. Among the most frequently cited conditions, one finds prematurity and its many complications, perinatal hypoxia and neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia. The latter condition may cause a reversible Auditory Neuropathy/Auditory Dys-synchrony. When contemplating the list of the diverse other conditions ranging from cochlear nerve agenesis to paramyxovirus infections and Refsum's disease, it clearly appears that Auditory Neuropathy/Auditory Dys-synchrony is far from being a single morbid entity. This label indicates a peculiar profile of psycho-acoustic and physiological anomalies having in common a deficit in the temporal representation of auditory stimuli at the level of the cochlear nerve. |
