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- Title
Feasibility of Acupuncture to Induce Sleep for Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response Testing.
- Authors
Holmer, Nicole; Artola, Elizabeth; Christianson, Erin; Lynn, Anne M.; Whitlock, Kathryn B.; Norton, Susan
- Abstract
Purpose: Brainstem auditory evoked response (BAER) testing is often performed under general anesthesia for children unable to complete behavioral audiologic evaluation. Alternatively, acupuncture treatment may be considered appropriate for BAER. Reports of acupuncture treatment in pediatric patients are scarce but are needed to demonstrate effectiveness. This study had 2 main objectives: (a) to examine the feasibility and effectiveness of acupuncture to achieve sleep to perform diagnostic BAER testing in medically complex (Cohort I) and nonmedically complex (Cohort II) children and (b) to assess acceptability to parents and audiologists of acupuncture as an alternative to anesthesia for BAER testing. Method: A prospective feasibility study at Seattle Children's Hospital Outpatient Audiology Clinic from August 2015 through December 2018 was performed. A total of 31 pediatric patients were included. The median age for Cohort I was 29 months (interquartile range: 19-37 months), and the median age for Cohort II was 25.5 months (interquartile range: 16-32 months). Variables included number of BAER thresholds obtained, sleep indicators, and acceptability. The cost of BAER with acupuncture and the cost of BAER under anesthesia were compared. Results: Acupuncture treatment effectively contributed to an adequate sleep state to obtain BAER results for most patients in both cohorts. Across cohorts, most patients (81%) fell asleep after acupuncture treatment. Complete test results were obtained in 48% of patients. Audiologists and parents reported high satisfaction rates with this procedure (87%). There were no adverse safety effects. Acupuncture treatment was less costly than anesthesia for BAER testing. Conclusions: Acupuncture to induce sleep for BAER testing is effective, safe, and cost-efficient in small samples of medically and nonmedically complex pediatric patients. This procedure allowed earlier detection of hearing status and avoided potential adverse effects of anesthesia. Audiologists and parents reported that acupuncture treatment was an acceptable alternative to anesthesia for the BAER procedure.
- Subjects
ACUPUNCTURE; ANALYSIS of variance; ANESTHESIA; ATTITUDE (Psychology); EVOKED response audiometry; AUDITORY evoked response; BRAIN stem; CHI-squared test; CLINICAL trials; FISHER exact test; LONGITUDINAL method; MEDICAL personnel; REGRESSION analysis; RESEARCH funding; SATISFACTION; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SLEEP; PILOT projects; TREATMENT effectiveness; PARENT attitudes; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MANN Whitney U Test; CHILDREN
- Publication
American Journal of Audiology, 2019, Vol 28, Issue 4, p895
- ISSN
1059-0889
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1044/2019_AJA-19-0069