Abstract:Objective To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of single sleep for ABR in children. Methods Medical and audiology records were reviewed of children who underwent ABR testing from 2012 to 2016. According to the deprived sleep time and sedation by CH, children were divided into four groups: group I ( deprivation time ≥ 2 hours + no sedative), group II (deprivation time≥ 2 hours + sedative), group III (deprivation time < 2 hours + no sedative), group IV (deprivation time < 2 hours + sedative). The time of preparing examination, duration of ABR and interrupted cases were reviewed. Results Totally 689 children aging 3 months to 11 years were included. 440 of 689 children (63.9%) obtained a spontaneous nap through single sleep deprivation with a success rate of 95.5%. The success rate of the examination was highest (98.8%) in group II and the lowest (90.4%) in group IV. Only 21.3% of infants less than 6 months were administrated with CH. Conclusions Short-term sleep deprivation is a safe and effective method for children who receive auditory brainstem responses testing, and reduces the dose of chloral hydrate.