Clinical Case Question: Emma, a 5-year-old girl, presents wi…
Clinical Case Question: Emma, a 5-year-old girl, presents with concerns regarding her speech and language development. Her parents report that she has difficulty understanding speech in noisy environments and often seems to struggle with classroom interactions. Emma has a history of recurrent ear infections, and the physician suspects she may have hearing loss, particularly in the higher frequencies. She is unable to cooperate with behavioral pure-tone audiometry. The audiologist decides to use Auditory Steady-State Response (ASSR) testing to estimate Emma’s hearing thresholds. The following ASSR results are obtained for her right ear: 500 Hz: Response detected at 20 dB HL 1000 Hz: Response detected at 15 dB HL 2000 Hz: Response detected at 45 dB HL 4000 Hz: Response detected at 50 dB HL Question:Based on the ASSR results provided, which of the following is the most likely hearing profile for Emma?