Auditory neuropathy ( AN) was first time named by Starr in 1996, which has the specific clinical characteristics, is one kind of sensorineural hearing loss caused by the injury of acoustic nerve branch of the eighth cranial nerve. 听神经病(auditoryneuropathy,AN)是1996年Starr首次提出的,定义为第Ⅷ脑神经的听神经支受损而引起的一种临床表现特殊的感音神经性聋。