Auditory evoked potential (P300) in cochlear implant users: a scoping review

Introduction P300 auditory evoked potential is evoked by a long latency auditory stimulus, which provides information on neural mechanisms underlying central auditory processing, considered an objective and non-invasive technique to study the auditory central nervous system.

Objective To identify and gather scientific evidence regarding the P3 component in adult cochlear implant users.

Methods Scoping review of scientific literature, in the search of original articles in Portuguese, Spanish and English, published between 1991 and May 2018, in the following database websites: PubMed / Medline, Embase, LILACS and Web of Science.

Results A total of 87 articles were identified and exported to the search software Rayyan for study selection - 58 were from Embase, 26 from PubMed and 3 from Web of Science. There were no articles found on LILACS. From those 87 articles, 16 were excluded for being duplicated. Then 71 articles were selected for title, authors, yeas and abstract scanning, from which 50 articles were excluded. From the 21 final articles for full reading, one was excluded for not performing P300, leaving us with 20 selected articles.

Conclusion This review has contributed with evidence that indicates how important it is to include speech stimulation when measuring P300. Regardless of the stimulus being used for P300 elicitation, a pattern of results can be seen a higher latency and a lower amplitude in CI users.