Potenciais evocados auditivos de estado estável em crian？as com perdas auditivas cocleares

background: auditory steady-state response (assr) is indicated as a promising technique in the assessment of the hearing status of children. aim: to investigate the level of agreement between the results of the assr and the visual reinforcement audiometry (vra) in a group of children, thus examining the clinical applicability of this technique in hearing assessment of children. method: participants were 14 children with ages between 4 and 36 months (mean 16 months) with the diagnosis of cochlear hearing loss. the assr was recorded in the frequencies of 0.5, 1, 2 and 4khz for multiple simultaneous stimulation and the results were compared with the visual reinforcement audiometry (vra). results: the intraclass correlation coefficients between assr and vra were 0.90, 0.93, 0.93 and 0.89 respectively for the frequencies of 0.5, 1, 2 and 4khz, indicating a strong correlation between the techniques. conclusion: the assr can provide accurate information to support the selection of hearing aids for children when it is not possible to perform the vra.