In the four decades since clinical auditory brainstem response (ABR) systems first came on the market in the 1980s, the field has seen radical changes in the footprint, portability, and computing power of auditory electrophysiological systems, not to mention increased automation and stimulus selection in these systems, a proliferation of different variants of auditory electrical potentials, and the advent of universal hearing screenings. This has greatly expanded the number of ABRs performed worldwide each day and importance of ABRs in clinical medicine as objective measures of auditory function. With these changes, some approaches to auditory electrophysiology and nomenclatures have remained steadfast, some have advanced significantly, and others have fallen to the wayside (for better or for worse). This special issue on auditory electrophysiology seeks to highlight the latest advances, while also paying homage to our past, given that an “advance” really cannot be fully appreciated without an understanding of where the advance advanced from.
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