The Rate of Consistency between Auditory Brainstem Response and Gilliam Autism Rating Scale among Autistic Children

Objective: to use the ABR as a predective tool for assessment of ASD and to correlate the ABR results with GARS.Methods: the research was done on 44 children with DLD 24 of them diagnosed clinically as ASD.ABR was done to all participants, while those diagnosed as ASD subjected to GARS evaluation.Results: There was a highly statistically significant difference in absolute latency of wave I, inter-peak latencies of wave I-III and I-V between ASD and control groups.In addition to a strong negative correlation between absolute latency of ABR wave I and GARS in ASD group. Conclusion:The ABR used during hearing assessment of the suspected ASD as a predictor tool prior to further assessment of those children.