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==Postnatal Hearing== | |||
* brainstem triples in length between the 21st fetal week and the first year of life | * brainstem triples in length between the 21st fetal week and the first year of life | ||
** contains auditory pathways | ** contains auditory pathways | ||
* auditory pathway continues to grow until about the third year of life as the brainstem diameter increases | * auditory pathway continues to grow until about the third year of life as the brainstem diameter increases | ||
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942010000600011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en | wave I generating site - eighth nerve | ||
* complete by about 24 weeks gestational age | |||
* peripheral auditory system - comprising the outer and middle ear, cochlea fully formed by the time of birth | |||
modified from : http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942010000600011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en | |||
Latest revision as of 15:43, 5 October 2011
Postnatal Hearing
- brainstem triples in length between the 21st fetal week and the first year of life
- contains auditory pathways
- auditory pathway continues to grow until about the third year of life as the brainstem diameter increases
wave I generating site - eighth nerve
- complete by about 24 weeks gestational age
- peripheral auditory system - comprising the outer and middle ear, cochlea fully formed by the time of birth
modified from : http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942010000600011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en
