“…Previous studies have demonstrated small, but reliable increases in BAER latencies with sedation. In studies with persons without developmental disabilities, increased BAER latencies have been revealed by within subject comparisons for waves P3 and P5, but not P1, when using either enfluorane, halothane, isoflurane, or pentobarbital for anesthesia [Dubois et al, 1982;Thornton et al, 1984;Manninen et al, 1985;Drummond et al, 1987], and also a smaller increase in the latency of wave P1 when using high doses of sodium thiopental [Drummond et al, 1985]. Sedation was used in the present study to suppress movement artifacts and, as dictated by clinical judgment, consisted of different agents for different patients, thereby complicating comparison of the present results with those of the previous studies.…”