Abstract
We investigated the effects of chronic alcoholism on middle-latency auditory evoked potentials (MAEP) in 14 male alcoholics with 1-6 weeks of abstinence (without other severe disorders) and 13 age-matched male social-drinker controls. The peak amplitude of a positive deflection (Pa) of the MAEP, peaking at about 30 ms post-stimulus, was significantly larger in the alcoholics than in the controls (P