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If an ABR test is found to be abnormal even though the patient has great hearing, this may be indicative of tumors along the auditory brainstem leading to the middle ear. The ABR acts as a sonar and is able to find these tumors. By hearing the loud clicking noise, the electrodes placed on the forehead and mastoid bone record how long it takes for your brain to respond to the click that was heard. This allows waves to be formed on certain plot points on a graph that allows the operator to see if the waves are normal or abnormal.

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