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CANS ReviewWhat is the CANS pathway? - correct answer C-SLIM: cochlea, SOC, LL, IC, MGB, AC What are subjective tests for the CANS pathway? - correct answer dichotic digits temporal processing low redundancy speech binaural interaction What are objective measures to test the CANS? - correct answer ABR, MLR, N1-P2, P300 What are mass lesions? - correct answer space occupying lesions within the brain: Intra-axial: within brain tissue Extra-axial: outside brain tissue What some symptoms of mass lesions? - correct answer headaches, nausea, vomiting, seizures (later stages), dizziness, altered menation (mental ability). Less common: difficulty hearing in noise, tinnitus, aud. hallucinations, difficulty understanding speech in noise, sound distortions, decreased appreciation of music What are the most common lobe areas for mass lesions? - correct answer frontal-temporal-parietal-occipital (front of head to back of head) What is the etiology and pathology of mass lesions? - correct answer mechanical displacement of brain structures and/or impeding axon function and blood flow. Lead to hydropcephalus, stretching of nerve fibers (potential demyelination)