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Han JH, Lee J, Lee HJ. The effect of noise on the cortical activity patterns of speech processing in adults with single-sided deafness. Front Neurol 2023; 14:1054105. [PMID: 37006498 PMCID: PMC10060629 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1054105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
Abstract
The most common complaint in people with single-sided deafness (SSD) is difficulty in understanding speech in a noisy environment. Moreover, the neural mechanism of speech-in-noise (SiN) perception in SSD individuals is still poorly understood. In this study, we measured the cortical activity in SSD participants during a SiN task to compare with a speech-in-quiet (SiQ) task. Dipole source analysis revealed left hemispheric dominance in both left- and right-sided SSD group. Contrary to SiN listening, this hemispheric difference was not found during SiQ listening in either group. In addition, cortical activation in the right-sided SSD individuals was independent of the location of sound whereas activation sites in the left-sided SSD group were altered by the sound location. Examining the neural-behavioral relationship revealed that N1 activation is associated with the duration of deafness and the SiN perception ability of individuals with SSD. Our findings indicate that SiN listening is processed differently in the brains of left and right SSD individuals.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ji-Hye Han
- Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences for Convergence Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Republic of Korea
- Ear and Interaction Center, Doheun Institute for Digital Innovation in Medicine (D.I.D.I.M.), Hallym University Medical Center, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences for Convergence Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Republic of Korea
- Ear and Interaction Center, Doheun Institute for Digital Innovation in Medicine (D.I.D.I.M.), Hallym University Medical Center, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences for Convergence Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Republic of Korea
- Ear and Interaction Center, Doheun Institute for Digital Innovation in Medicine (D.I.D.I.M.), Hallym University Medical Center, Anyang, Republic of Korea
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
- *Correspondence: Hyo-Jeong Lee
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Han JH, Lee J, Lee HJ. Attentional modulation of auditory cortical activity in individuals with single-sided deafness. Neuropsychologia 2023; 183:108515. [PMID: 36792051 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Revised: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
Abstract
Persons with single-sided deafness (SSD) typically complain about the impaired ability to locate sounds and to understand speech within background noise. However, the findings from previous studies suggest that paying attention to sounds could mitigate the degraded spatial and speech-in-noise perception. In the present study, we characterize the pattern of cortical activation depending on the side of deafness, and attentional modulation of neural responses to determine if it can assist better sound processing in people with SSD. For the active listening condition, adult subjects with SSD performed sound localization tasks. On the other hand, they watched movies without attending to speech stimuli during passive listening. The sensor-level global field power of N1 and source-level N1 activation were computed to compare the active- and passive-listening conditions and left- and right-sided deafness. The results show that attentional modulation differs depending on the side of deafness: active listening increased the cortical activity in individuals with left-sided deafness but not in those with right-sided deafness. At the source level, the attentional gain was more apparent in left-sided deafness in that paying attention enhanced brain activation in both hemispheres. In addition, SSD participants with larger cortical activities in the right primary auditory cortex had shorter durations of deafness. Our results indicate that the side of deafness can change top-down attentional processing in the auditory cortical pathway in SSD patients.
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- Ji-Hye Han
- Laboratory of Brain & Cognitive Sciences for Convergence Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Republic of Korea; Ear and Interaction Center, Doheun Institute for Digital Innovation in Medicine (D.I.D.I.M.), Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Brain & Cognitive Sciences for Convergence Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Republic of Korea; Ear and Interaction Center, Doheun Institute for Digital Innovation in Medicine (D.I.D.I.M.), Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Brain & Cognitive Sciences for Convergence Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Republic of Korea; Ear and Interaction Center, Doheun Institute for Digital Innovation in Medicine (D.I.D.I.M.), Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Republic of Korea; Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.
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Steinmetzger K, Meinhardt B, Praetorius M, Andermann M, Rupp A. A direct comparison of voice pitch processing in acoustic and electric hearing. Neuroimage Clin 2022; 36:103188. [PMID: 36113196 PMCID: PMC9483634 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
In single-sided deafness patients fitted with a cochlear implant (CI) in the affected ear and preserved normal hearing in the other ear, acoustic and electric hearing can be directly compared without the need for an external control group. Although poor pitch perception is a crucial limitation when listening through CIs, it remains unclear how exactly the cortical processing of pitch information differs between acoustic and electric hearing. Hence, we separately presented both ears of 20 of these patients with vowel sequences in which the pitch contours were either repetitive or variable, while simultaneously recording functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and EEG data. Overall, the results showed smaller and delayed auditory cortex activity in electric hearing, particularly for the P2 event-related potential component, which appears to reflect the processing of voice pitch information. Both the fNIRS data and EEG source reconstructions furthermore showed that vowel sequences with variable pitch contours evoked additional activity in posterior right auditory cortex in electric but not acoustic hearing. This surprising discrepancy demonstrates, firstly, that the acoustic detail transmitted by CIs is sufficient to distinguish between speech sounds that only vary regarding their pitch information. Secondly, the absence of a condition difference when stimulating the normal-hearing ears suggests a saturation of cortical activity levels following unilateral deafness. Taken together, these results provide strong evidence in favour of using CIs in this patient group.
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- Kurt Steinmetzger
- Section of Biomagnetism, Department of Neurology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany,Corresponding author.
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- Section of Biomagnetism, Department of Neurology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Section of Otology and Neurootology, ENT Clinic, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Section of Biomagnetism, Department of Neurology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Section of Biomagnetism, Department of Neurology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Li J, Men W, Gao JH, Wang Y, Qu X, Zhu DCD, Xian J. Functional connectivity alteration of the deprived auditory regions with cognitive networks in deaf and inattentive adolescents. Brain Imaging Behav 2022; 16:939-954. [PMID: 35218505 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-022-00632-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Adolescents with early profound deafness may present with distractibility and inattentiveness. The brain mechanisms underlying these attention impairments remain unclear. We performed resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate the functional connectivity of the superior temporal and transverse temporal gyri in 25 inattentive adolescents with bilateral prelingual profound deafness, and compared the results with those of 27 age-matched normal controls. Pearson and Spearman's rho correlation analyses were used to investigate the correlations of altered functional connectivity with the clinical parameters, including the duration of hearing loss sign language, and hearing aid usage. Compared with normal controls, prelingual profound deafness demonstrated mainly decreased resting-state functional connectivity between the deprived auditory regions and several other brain functional networks, including the attention control, language comprehension, default-mode, and sensorimotor networks. Moreover, we also found enhanced resting-state functional connectivity between the deprived auditory cortex and salience network. These results indicate a negative impact of early hearing loss on the attentional and other high cognitive networks, and the use of sign language and hearing aids normalized the participants' connectivity between the primary auditory cortex and attention networks, which is crucial for the early intervention and clinical care of deaf adolescents.
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- Jianhong Li
- Department of Radiology Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 1 Dongjiaominxiang Street, Beijing, 100730, China
- Department of Radiology and Cognitive Imaging Research Center, Michigan State University, 846 Service Road, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Center for MRI Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, 100091, China
- Beijing City Key Lab for Medical Physics and Engineering, Institute of Heavy Ion Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100091, China
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- Center for MRI Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, 100091, China
- Beijing City Key Lab for Medical Physics and Engineering, Institute of Heavy Ion Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100091, China
- McGovern Institution for Brain Research, Peking University, Beijing, 100091, China
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- Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Radiology Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 1 Dongjiaominxiang Street, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Radiology and Cognitive Imaging Research Center, Michigan State University, 846 Service Road, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
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- Department of Radiology Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 1 Dongjiaominxiang Street, Beijing, 100730, China.
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Han JH, Lee J, Lee HJ. Ear-Specific Hemispheric Asymmetry in Unilateral Deafness Revealed by Auditory Cortical Activity. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:698718. [PMID: 34393711 PMCID: PMC8363420 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.698718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Profound unilateral deafness reduces the ability to localize sounds achieved via binaural hearing. Furthermore, unilateral deafness promotes a substantial change in cortical processing to binaural stimulation, thereby leading to reorganization over the whole brain. Although distinct patterns in the hemispheric laterality depending on the side and duration of deafness have been suggested, the neurological mechanisms underlying the difference in relation to behavioral performance when detecting spatially varied cues remain unknown. To elucidate the mechanism, we compared N1/P2 auditory cortical activities and the pattern of hemispheric asymmetry of normal hearing, unilaterally deaf (UD), and simulated acute unilateral hearing loss groups while passively listening to speech sounds delivered from different locations under open free field condition. The behavioral performances of the participants concerning sound localization were measured by detecting sound sources in the azimuth plane. The results reveal a delayed reaction time in the right-sided UD (RUD) group for the sound localization task and prolonged P2 latency compared to the left-sided UD (LUD) group. Moreover, the RUD group showed adaptive cortical reorganization evidenced by increased responses in the hemisphere ipsilateral to the intact ear for individuals with better sound localization whereas left-sided unilateral deafness caused contralateral dominance in activity from the hearing ear. The brain dynamics of right-sided unilateral deafness indicate greater capability of adaptive change to compensate for impairment in spatial hearing. In addition, cortical N1 responses to spatially varied speech sounds in unilateral deaf people were inversely related to the duration of deafness in the area encompassing the right auditory cortex, indicating that early intervention would be needed to protect from maladaptation of the central auditory system following unilateral deafness.
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- Ji-Hye Han
- Laboratory of Brain & Cognitive Sciences for Convergence Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang-si, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Brain & Cognitive Sciences for Convergence Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang-si, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Brain & Cognitive Sciences for Convergence Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang-si, South Korea.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon-si, South Korea
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OBJECTIVES Cochlear implants (CIs) restore some spatial advantages for speech understanding in noise to individuals with single-sided deafness (SSD). In addition to a head-shadow advantage when the CI ear has a better signal-to-noise ratio, a CI can also provide a binaural advantage in certain situations, facilitating the perceptual separation of spatially separated concurrent voices. While some bilateral-CI listeners show a similar binaural advantage, bilateral-CI listeners with relatively large asymmetries in monaural speech understanding can instead experience contralateral speech interference. Based on the interference previously observed for asymmetric bilateral-CI listeners, this study tested the hypothesis that in a multiple-talker situation, the acoustic ear would interfere with rather than improve CI speech understanding for SSD-CI listeners. DESIGN Experiment 1 measured CI-ear speech understanding in the presence of competing speech or noise for 13 SSD-CI listeners. Target speech from the closed-set coordinate response-measure corpus was presented to the CI ear along with one same-gender competing talker or stationary noise at target-to-masker ratios between -8 and 20 dB. The acoustic ear was presented with silence (monaural condition) or with a copy of the competing speech or noise (bilateral condition). Experiment 2 tested a subset of 6 listeners in the reverse configuration for which SSD-CI listeners have previously shown a binaural benefit (target and competing speech presented to the acoustic ear; silence or competing speech presented to the CI ear). Experiment 3 examined the possible influence of a methodological difference between experiments 1 and 2: whether the competing talker spoke keywords that were inside or outside the response set. For each experiment, the data were analyzed using repeated-measures logistic regression. For experiment 1, a correlation analysis compared the difference between bilateral and monaural speech-understanding scores to several listener-specific factors: speech understanding in the CI ear, preimplantation duration of deafness, duration of CI experience, ear of deafness (left/right), acoustic-ear audiometric thresholds, and listener age. RESULTS In experiment 1, presenting a copy of the competing speech to the acoustic ear reduced CI speech-understanding scores for target-to-masker ratios ≥4 dB. This interference effect was limited to competing-speech conditions and was not observed for a noise masker. There was dramatic intersubject variability in the magnitude of the interference (range: 1 to 43 rationalized arcsine units), which was found to be significantly correlated with listener age. The interference effect contrasted sharply with the reverse configuration (experiment 2), whereby presenting a copy of the competing speech to the contralateral CI ear significantly improved performance relative to monaural acoustic-ear performance. Keyword condition (experiment 3) did not influence the observed pattern of interference. CONCLUSIONS Most SSD-CI listeners experienced interference when they attended to the CI ear and competing speech was added to the acoustic ear, although there was a large amount of intersubject variability in the magnitude of the effect, with older listeners particularly susceptible to interference. While further research is needed to investigate these effects under free-field listening conditions, these results suggest that for certain spatial configurations in a multiple-talker situation, contralateral speech interference could reduce the benefit that an SSD-CI otherwise provides.
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Lee SY, Choe G, Lee SY, Kim NJ, Carandang M, Oh SH, Lee JH, Choi BY. Outcome of cochlear implantation in the worse ear of post-lingual asymmetric hearing loss: elucidation of prognostic markers. Acta Otolaryngol 2021; 141:495-501. [PMID: 33586571 DOI: 10.1080/00016489.2021.1880632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Specific correlations between the outcomes of cochlear implantation (CI) and hearing thresholds of the both ears in post-lingual asymmetric hearing loss (AHL) patients were not clear. AIMS/OBJECTIVES To identify the variables influencing the outcome of CI in post-lingual AHL patients. METHOD We included 18 adult subjects who had CI in the worse ear due to post-lingual AHL with average hearing asymmetry of 36 dB. Speech perception scores were evaluated in the sound field with hearing aid on the better ear before CI, and with the cochlear implant in the worse ear at 3, 6, and 12 months after CI switch-on. RESULTS Average increases in phonetically balanced word score, spondee word score, and everyday sentence score at 12 months from CI switch-on compared with those before CI were 38.9%p, 46.2%p, and 52.4%p, respectively. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that speech perception scores were negatively influenced by age at implantation and hearing threshold difference of both ears (HTD-Both) itself, rather than the worse or better ear hearing thresholds. CONCLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE Post-lingual AHL subjects with high average hearing asymmetry can benefit from CI in the worse ear, while CI outcomes can be adversely influenced by HTD-Both and age at implantation both in the short- and long-term follow-up.
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- Sang-Youp Lee
- Department of Otolaryngology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Wonkwang University Hospital, Iksan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Quezon City, Philippines
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
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Qiao Y, Li X, Shen H, Zhang X, Sun Y, Hao W, Guo B, Ni D, Gao Z, Guo H, Shang Y. Downward cross-modal plasticity in single-sided deafness. Neuroimage 2019; 197:608-617. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 03/21/2019] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Stropahl M, Bauer AKR, Debener S, Bleichner MG. Source-Modeling Auditory Processes of EEG Data Using EEGLAB and Brainstorm. Front Neurosci 2018; 12:309. [PMID: 29867321 PMCID: PMC5952032 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Electroencephalography (EEG) source localization approaches are often used to disentangle the spatial patterns mixed up in scalp EEG recordings. However, approaches differ substantially between experiments, may be strongly parameter-dependent, and results are not necessarily meaningful. In this paper we provide a pipeline for EEG source estimation, from raw EEG data pre-processing using EEGLAB functions up to source-level analysis as implemented in Brainstorm. The pipeline is tested using a data set of 10 individuals performing an auditory attention task. The analysis approach estimates sources of 64-channel EEG data without the prerequisite of individual anatomies or individually digitized sensor positions. First, we show advanced EEG pre-processing using EEGLAB, which includes artifact attenuation using independent component analysis (ICA). ICA is a linear decomposition technique that aims to reveal the underlying statistical sources of mixed signals and is further a powerful tool to attenuate stereotypical artifacts (e.g., eye movements or heartbeat). Data submitted to ICA are pre-processed to facilitate good-quality decompositions. Aiming toward an objective approach on component identification, the semi-automatic CORRMAP algorithm is applied for the identification of components representing prominent and stereotypic artifacts. Second, we present a step-wise approach to estimate active sources of auditory cortex event-related processing, on a single subject level. The presented approach assumes that no individual anatomy is available and therefore the default anatomy ICBM152, as implemented in Brainstorm, is used for all individuals. Individual noise modeling in this dataset is based on the pre-stimulus baseline period. For EEG source modeling we use the OpenMEEG algorithm as the underlying forward model based on the symmetric Boundary Element Method (BEM). We then apply the method of dynamical statistical parametric mapping (dSPM) to obtain physiologically plausible EEG source estimates. Finally, we show how to perform group level analysis in the time domain on anatomically defined regions of interest (auditory scout). The proposed pipeline needs to be tailored to the specific datasets and paradigms. However, the straightforward combination of EEGLAB and Brainstorm analysis tools may be of interest to others performing EEG source localization.
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- Maren Stropahl
- Neuropsychology Lab, Department of Psychology, European Medical School, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Neuropsychology Lab, Department of Psychology, European Medical School, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Neuropsychology Lab, Department of Psychology, European Medical School, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Neuropsychology Lab, Department of Psychology, European Medical School, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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Stropahl M, Debener S. Auditory cross-modal reorganization in cochlear implant users indicates audio-visual integration. Neuroimage Clin 2017; 16:514-523. [PMID: 28971005 PMCID: PMC5609862 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2017.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Revised: 08/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
There is clear evidence for cross-modal cortical reorganization in the auditory system of post-lingually deafened cochlear implant (CI) users. A recent report suggests that moderate sensori-neural hearing loss is already sufficient to initiate corresponding cortical changes. To what extend these changes are deprivation-induced or related to sensory recovery is still debated. Moreover, the influence of cross-modal reorganization on CI benefit is also still unclear. While reorganization during deafness may impede speech recovery, reorganization also has beneficial influences on face recognition and lip-reading. As CI users were observed to show differences in multisensory integration, the question arises if cross-modal reorganization is related to audio-visual integration skills. The current electroencephalography study investigated cortical reorganization in experienced post-lingually deafened CI users (n = 18), untreated mild to moderately hearing impaired individuals (n = 18) and normal hearing controls (n = 17). Cross-modal activation of the auditory cortex by means of EEG source localization in response to human faces and audio-visual integration, quantified with the McGurk illusion, were measured. CI users revealed stronger cross-modal activations compared to age-matched normal hearing individuals. Furthermore, CI users showed a relationship between cross-modal activation and audio-visual integration strength. This may further support a beneficial relationship between cross-modal activation and daily-life communication skills that may not be fully captured by laboratory-based speech perception tests. Interestingly, hearing impaired individuals showed behavioral and neurophysiological results that were numerically between the other two groups, and they showed a moderate relationship between cross-modal activation and the degree of hearing loss. This further supports the notion that auditory deprivation evokes a reorganization of the auditory system even at early stages of hearing loss.
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- Maren Stropahl
- Neuropsychology Lab, Department of Psychology, European Medical School, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
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- Neuropsychology Lab, Department of Psychology, European Medical School, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all Oldenburg, Germany
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Zhang GY, Yang M, Liu B, Huang ZC, Li J, Chen JY, Chen H, Zhang PP, Liu LJ, Wang J, Teng GJ. Changes of the directional brain networks related with brain plasticity in patients with long-term unilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Neuroscience 2015; 313:149-61. [PMID: 26621123 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.11.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2015] [Revised: 11/16/2015] [Accepted: 11/18/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Abstract
Previous studies often report that early auditory deprivation or congenital deafness contributes to cross-modal reorganization in the auditory-deprived cortex, and this cross-modal reorganization limits clinical benefit from cochlear prosthetics. However, there are inconsistencies among study results on cortical reorganization in those subjects with long-term unilateral sensorineural hearing loss (USNHL). It is also unclear whether there exists a similar cross-modal plasticity of the auditory cortex for acquired monaural deafness and early or congenital deafness. To address this issue, we constructed the directional brain functional networks based on entropy connectivity of resting-state functional MRI and researched changes of the networks. Thirty-four long-term USNHL individuals and seventeen normally hearing individuals participated in the test, and all USNHL patients had acquired deafness. We found that certain brain regions of the sensorimotor and visual networks presented enhanced synchronous output entropy connectivity with the left primary auditory cortex in the left long-term USNHL individuals as compared with normally hearing individuals. Especially, the left USNHL showed more significant changes of entropy connectivity than the right USNHL. No significant plastic changes were observed in the right USNHL. Our results indicate that the left primary auditory cortex (non-auditory-deprived cortex) in patients with left USNHL has been reorganized by visual and sensorimotor modalities through cross-modal plasticity. Furthermore, the cross-modal reorganization also alters the directional brain functional networks. The auditory deprivation from the left or right side generates different influences on the human brain.
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- G-Y Zhang
- Department of Radiology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecule Imaging and Functional Imaging, Zhong-Da Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao Road, Nanjing 210009, China; Department of Radiology, Taishan Medical University, Chang Cheng Road, Hi-Tech Development Zone, Taian 271016, Shandong Province, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecule Imaging and Functional Imaging, Zhong-Da Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao Road, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Radiology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecule Imaging and Functional Imaging, Zhong-Da Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao Road, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, Zhong-Da Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao Road, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Radiology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecule Imaging and Functional Imaging, Zhong-Da Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao Road, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Radiology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecule Imaging and Functional Imaging, Zhong-Da Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao Road, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, Zhong-Da Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao Road, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, Zhong-Da Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao Road, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical School of Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao Road, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical School of Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao Road, Nanjing 210009, China; School of Human Communication Disorder, Dalhousie University, 1256 Barrington Street, Halifax B3J1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecule Imaging and Functional Imaging, Zhong-Da Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao Road, Nanjing 210009, China
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Van der Haegen L, Acke F, Vingerhoets G, Dhooge I, De Leenheer E, Cai Q, Brysbaert M. Laterality and unilateral deafness: Patients with congenital right ear deafness do not develop atypical language dominance. Neuropsychologia 2015; 93:482-492. [PMID: 26522620 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Revised: 10/19/2015] [Accepted: 10/26/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Auditory speech perception, speech production and reading lateralize to the left hemisphere in the majority of healthy right-handers. In this study, we investigated to what extent sensory input underlies the side of language dominance. We measured the lateralization of the three core subprocesses of language in patients who had profound hearing loss in the right ear from birth and in matched control subjects. They took part in a semantic decision listening task involving speech and sound stimuli (auditory perception), a word generation task (speech production) and a passive reading task (reading). The results show that a lack of sensory auditory input on the right side, which is strongly connected to the contralateral left hemisphere, does not lead to atypical lateralization of speech perception. Speech production and reading were also typically left lateralized in all but one patient, contradicting previous small scale studies. Other factors such as genetic constraints presumably overrule the role of sensory input in the development of (a)typical language lateralization.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China; NYU-ECNU Institute of Brain and Cognitive Science, NYU Shanghai, 200062 Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
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Jiwani S, Papsin BC, Gordon KA. Early unilateral cochlear implantation promotes mature cortical asymmetries in adolescents who are deaf. Hum Brain Mapp 2015; 37:135-52. [PMID: 26456629 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Revised: 09/21/2015] [Accepted: 09/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Unilateral cochlear implant (CI) stimulation establishes hearing to children who are deaf but compromises bilateral auditory development if a second implant is not provided within ∼ 1.5 years. In this study we asked: 1) What are the cortical consequences of missing this early sensitive period once children reach adolescence? 2) What are the effects of unilateral deprivation on the pathways from the opposite ear? Cortical responses were recorded from 64-cephalic electrodes within the first week of bilateral CI activation in 34 adolescents who had over 10 years of unilateral right CI experience and in 16 normal hearing peers. Cortical activation underlying the evoked peaks was localized to areas of the brain using beamformer imaging. The first CI evoked activity which was more strongly lateralized to the contralateral left hemisphere than normal, with abnormal recruitment of the left prefrontal cortex (involved in cognition/attention), left temporo-parietal-occipital junction (multi-modal integration), and right precuneus (visual processing) region. CI stimulation in the opposite deprived ear evoked atypical cortical responses with abnormally large and widespread dipole activity across the cortex. Thus, using a unilateral CI to hear beyond the period of cortical maturation causes lasting asymmetries in the auditory system, requires recruitment of additional cortical areas to support hearing, and does little to protect the unstimulated pathways from effects of auditory deprivation. The persistence of this reorganization into maturity could signal a closing of a sensitive period for promoting auditory development on the deprived side.
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- Salima Jiwani
- Institute of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Ontario
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- Archie's Cochlear Implant Laboratory, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Ontario.,Archie's Cochlear Implant Laboratory, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Stropahl M, Plotz K, Schönfeld R, Lenarz T, Sandmann P, Yovel G, De Vos M, Debener S. Cross-modal reorganization in cochlear implant users: Auditory cortex contributes to visual face processing. Neuroimage 2015. [PMID: 26220741 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.07.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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There is converging evidence that the auditory cortex takes over visual functions during a period of auditory deprivation. A residual pattern of cross-modal take-over may prevent the auditory cortex to adapt to restored sensory input as delivered by a cochlear implant (CI) and limit speech intelligibility with a CI. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether visual face processing in CI users activates auditory cortex and whether this has adaptive or maladaptive consequences. High-density electroencephalogram data were recorded from CI users (n=21) and age-matched normal hearing controls (n=21) performing a face versus house discrimination task. Lip reading and face recognition abilities were measured as well as speech intelligibility. Evaluation of event-related potential (ERP) topographies revealed significant group differences over occipito-temporal scalp regions. Distributed source analysis identified significantly higher activation in the right auditory cortex for CI users compared to NH controls, confirming visual take-over. Lip reading skills were significantly enhanced in the CI group and appeared to be particularly better after a longer duration of deafness, while face recognition was not significantly different between groups. However, auditory cortex activation in CI users was positively related to face recognition abilities. Our results confirm a cross-modal reorganization for ecologically valid visual stimuli in CI users. Furthermore, they suggest that residual takeover, which can persist even after adaptation to a CI is not necessarily maladaptive.
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- Maren Stropahl
- Neuropsychology Lab, Department of Psychology, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany.
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- Department of Phoniatrics, Pediatric Audiology and Neurootology, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Phoniatrics, Pediatric Audiology and Neurootology, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Hannover Medical School, Germany; Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all Oldenburg, Germany
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- Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all Oldenburg, Germany; Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all Oldenburg, Germany; Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, UK; Methods in Cognitive Psychology, Department of Psychology, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
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- Neuropsychology Lab, Department of Psychology, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany; Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all Oldenburg, Germany
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Gordon K, Henkin Y, Kral A. Asymmetric Hearing During Development: The Aural Preference Syndrome and Treatment Options. Pediatrics 2015; 136:141-53. [PMID: 26055845 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-3520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Deafness affects ∼2 in 1000 children and is one of the most common congenital impairments. Permanent hearing loss can be treated by fitting hearing aids. More severe to profound deafness is an indication for cochlear implantation. Although newborn hearing screening programs have increased the identification of asymmetric hearing loss, parents and caregivers of children with single-sided deafness are often hesitant to pursue therapy for the deaf ear. Delayed intervention has consequences for recovery of hearing. It has long been reported that asymmetric hearing loss/single-sided deafness compromises speech and language development and educational outcomes in children. Recent studies in animal models of deafness and in children consistently show evidence of an "aural preference syndrome" in which single-sided deafness in early childhood reorganizes the developing auditory pathways toward the hearing ear, with weaker central representation of the deaf ear. Delayed therapy consequently compromises benefit for the deaf ear, with slow rates of improvement measured over time. Therefore, asymmetric hearing needs early identification and intervention. Providing early effective stimulation in both ears through appropriate fitting of auditory prostheses, including hearing aids and cochlear implants, within a sensitive period in development has a cardinal role for securing the function of the impaired ear and for restoring binaural/spatial hearing. The impacts of asymmetric hearing loss on the developing auditory system and on spoken language development have often been underestimated. Thus, the traditional minimalist approach to clinical management aimed at 1 functional ear should be modified on the basis of current evidence.
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- Karen Gordon
- Archie's Cochlear Implant Laboratory, The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;
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- Hearing, Speech, and Language Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Department of Communication Disorders, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and
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- Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all, Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology, Hannover, Germany; Department of Experimental Otology, ENT Clinics, School of Medicine, Hannover Medical University, Hannover, Germany; and School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas
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Association of Concurrent fNIRS and EEG Signatures in Response to Auditory and Visual Stimuli. Brain Topogr 2015; 28:710-725. [DOI: 10.1007/s10548-015-0424-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2014] [Accepted: 01/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Burton H, Firszt JB, Holden T. Hearing thresholds and FMRI of auditory cortex following eighth cranial nerve surgery. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2013; 149:492-9. [PMID: 23804630 PMCID: PMC3836431 DOI: 10.1177/0194599813495179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2013] [Accepted: 06/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Determine whether auditory cortex (AC) organization changed following eighth cranial nerve surgery in adults with vestibular-cochlear nerve pathologies. We examined whether hearing thresholds before and after surgery correlated with increased ipsilateral activation of AC from the intact ear. STUDY DESIGN During magnetic resonance imaging sessions before and 3 and 6 months after surgery, subjects listened with the intact ear to noise-like random spectrogram sounds. SETTING Departments of Radiology and Otolaryngology of Washington University School of Medicine. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Three patients with acoustic neuromas received Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GK); 1 patient with Meniere's disease and 5 with acoustic neuromas had surgical resections (SR); 2 of the latter also had GK. Hearing thresholds in each ear were for pure tone stimuli from 250 to 8000 Hz before and after surgery (3 and 6 months). At the same intervals, we imaged blood oxygen level-dependent responses to auditory stimulation of the intact ear using an interrupted single-event design. RESULTS Hearing thresholds in 2 of 3 individuals treated with GK did not change. Five of 6 individuals became unilaterally deaf after SRs. Ipsilateral AC activity was present before surgery in 6 of 9 individuals with ipsilateral spatial extents greater than contralateral in 3 of 9. Greater contralateral predominance was significant especially in left compared to right ear affected individuals, including those treated by GK. CONCLUSION Lateralization of auditory-evoked responses in AC did not change significantly after surgery possibly due to preexisting sensory loss before surgery, indicating that less than profound loss may prompt cortical reorganization.
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- Harold Burton
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
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Unilateral deafness: A unique model for the investigation of functional plasticity mechanisms in the human auditory cortex. Clin Neurophysiol 2013; 124:1267-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2013] [Revised: 02/21/2013] [Accepted: 02/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Puschmann S, Sandmann P, Ahrens J, Thorne J, Weerda R, Klump G, Debener S, Thiel CM. Electrophysiological correlates of auditory change detection and change deafness in complex auditory scenes. Neuroimage 2013; 75:155-164. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.02.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2012] [Revised: 02/18/2013] [Accepted: 02/20/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Gordon KA, Wong DDE, Papsin BC. Bilateral input protects the cortex from unilaterally-driven reorganization in children who are deaf. Brain 2013; 136:1609-25. [PMID: 23576127 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awt052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Karen A Gordon
- Archie's Cochlear Implant Laboratory The Hospital for Sick Children Room 6D08, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Maslin MR, Munro KJ, El-Deredy W. Source analysis reveals plasticity in the auditory cortex: Evidence for reduced hemispheric asymmetries following unilateral deafness. Clin Neurophysiol 2013; 124:391-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2012] [Revised: 07/11/2012] [Accepted: 07/31/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Castañeda-Villa N, Cornejo JM, James CJ, Maurits NM. Quantification of LLAEP interhemispheric symmetry by the intraclass correlation coefficient as a measure of cortical reorganization after cochlear implantation. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2012; 76:1729-36. [PMID: 22995200 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2012.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2012] [Revised: 08/06/2012] [Accepted: 08/08/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Electrical stimulation by a cochlear implant (CI) induces maturation of the auditory system and reorganization of the auditory cortex in deaf children. Cortical reorganization produces an interhemispheric asymmetry in auditory evoked brain potentials associated with sound stimulation after unilateral implantation. To objectively determine the onset of this phenomenon and follow this process over time, the interhemispheric symmetry needs to be quantified. In this paper, the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) between mean global field powers (MGFPs) of each hemisphere is proposed to quantify long latency auditory evoked potential (LLAEP) interhemispheric symmetries as a measure of auditory cortex reorganization in CI recipients. DESIGN An LLAEP, in response to a simple tone, was recorded in 5 juvenile unilateral CI recipients at less and at more than two years post-implantation and the ICC between MGFPs was calculated for both recordings. The cross correlation coefficients (CC) between MGFPs of each hemisphere were also calculated and compared with the ICC. RESULTS The experience-related visually observed increases in amplitude and shape asymmetries of the LLAEP topographic map (around the LLAEP P(1) peak), were reflected in a considerable reduction of ICC values (on average 41.4%), at more than two years post-implantation surgery. In contrast, CC values only showed much smaller decreases (on average 20.0%), at more than two years post-implantation. CONCLUSIONS The ICC is a better descriptor of symmetry than the CC because it reflects both shape and amplitude similarity between left and right LLAEP MGFPs instead of only shape similarity. The decrease in ICC values at more than two years post-implantation is likely associated with a lateralization of the auditory response as a result of cortical reorganization. Our results show that the ICC between the MGFPs for each hemisphere can be useful to objectively determine the auditory cortex reorganization process and also to evaluate the performance of cochlear implant users without the necessity to use expensive technologies such as high density EEG recordings and/or fMRI scans.
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Bakhos D, Roux S, Robier A, Bonnet-Brilhault F, Lescanne E, Bruneau N. Minimization of cochlear implant artifact in cortical auditory evoked potentials in children. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2012; 76:1627-32. [PMID: 22910837 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2012.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2012] [Revised: 07/26/2012] [Accepted: 07/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES In congenitally deaf children fit with a cochlear implant, little is known about the maturation of the auditory cortex. Cortical auditory evoked potentials are a useful methodology to study the auditory cortical system of children with cochlear implants. Nevertheless, these recordings are contaminated by a cochlear implant artifact. The objective of this study was to use independent component analysis to minimize the artifact of the cochlear implant to study cortical auditory evoked potentials. STUDY DESIGN Prospective study. METHOD A total of 5 children ranging in age from 21 to 49 months who were fitted with a cochlear implant for at least 6 months were included in this study. The stimuli were pure tones (750 Hz, 200 ms duration, 70 dB SPL) presented with an irregular interstimulus interval (1000-2000 ms) via loud speakers. The cortical auditory evoked potentials were recorded from 17 Ag-AgCl electrodes referenced to the nose. The peak latency and amplitude of each deflection culminating at the fronto-central and temporal sites were analyzed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The P100-N250 peak latencies and amplitudes of the cortical auditory evoked potentials recorded from children fitted with cochlear implants. Scalp map potentials distributions were done for each child for the N250 wave. RESULTS The use of independent component analysis permitted to minimize the cochlear implant artifact for the five children. Cortical auditory evoked potentials were recorded at fronto-central and temporal sites. Scalp map potentials distributions for the N2 wave showed activation of temporal generators contralateral at the CI for the five children. CONCLUSION This preliminary electrophysiological study confirms the value and the limits of independent component analysis. It could allow longitudinal studies in cochlear implant users to examine the maturation of auditory cortex. It could also be used to identify objective cortical electrophysiological measures to help the fitting of CIs in children.
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- D Bakhos
- CHRU de Tours, service ORL et Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, boulevard Tonnellé, 37044 Tours, France.
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Viola FC, Thorne JD, Bleeck S, Eyles J, Debener S. Uncovering auditory evoked potentials from cochlear implant users with independent component analysis. Psychophysiology 2011; 48:1470-1480. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01224.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In the multisensory environment, inputs to each sensory modality are rarely independent. Sounds often follow a visible action or event. Here we present behaviorally relevant evidence from the human EEG that visual input prepares the auditory system for subsequent auditory processing by resetting the phase of neuronal oscillatory activity in auditory cortex. Subjects performed a simple auditory frequency discrimination task using paired but asynchronous auditory and visual stimuli. Auditory cortex activity was modeled from the scalp-recorded EEG using spatiotemporal dipole source analysis. Phase resetting activity was assessed using time-frequency analysis of the source waveforms. Significant cross-modal phase resetting was observed in auditory cortex at low alpha frequencies (8-10 Hz) peaking 80 ms after auditory onset, at high alpha frequencies (10-12 Hz) peaking at 88 ms, and at high theta frequencies (∼ 7 Hz) peaking at 156 ms. Importantly, significant effects were only evident when visual input preceded auditory by between 30 and 75 ms. Behaviorally, cross-modal phase resetting accounted for 18% of the variability in response speed in the auditory task, with stronger resetting overall leading to significantly faster responses. A direct link was thus shown between visual-induced modulations of auditory cortex activity and performance in an auditory task. The results are consistent with a model in which the efficiency of auditory processing is improved when natural associations between visual and auditory inputs allow one input to reliably predict the next.
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Cortical Function in Children Receiving Bilateral Cochlear Implants Simultaneously or After a Period of Interimplant Delay. Otol Neurotol 2010; 31:1293-9. [DOI: 10.1097/mao.0b013e3181e8f965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hanss J, Veuillet E, Adjout K, Besle J, Collet L, Thai-Van H. The effect of long-term unilateral deafness on the activation pattern in the auditory cortices of French-native speakers: influence of deafness side. BMC Neurosci 2009; 10:23. [PMID: 19309511 PMCID: PMC2662863 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-10-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2008] [Accepted: 03/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background In normal-hearing subjects, monaural stimulation produces a normal pattern of asynchrony and asymmetry over the auditory cortices in favour of the contralateral temporal lobe. While late onset unilateral deafness has been reported to change this pattern, the exact influence of the side of deafness on central auditory plasticity still remains unclear. The present study aimed at assessing whether left-sided and right-sided deafness had differential effects on the characteristics of neurophysiological responses over auditory areas. Eighteen unilaterally deaf and 16 normal hearing right-handed subjects participated. All unilaterally deaf subjects had post-lingual deafness. Long latency auditory evoked potentials (late-AEPs) were elicited by two types of stimuli, non-speech (1 kHz tone-burst) and speech-sounds (voiceless syllable/pa/) delivered to the intact ear at 50 dB SL. The latencies and amplitudes of the early exogenous components (N100 and P150) were measured using temporal scalp electrodes. Results Subjects with left-sided deafness showed major neurophysiological changes, in the form of a more symmetrical activation pattern over auditory areas in response to non-speech sound and even a significant reversal of the activation pattern in favour of the cortex ipsilateral to the stimulation in response to speech sound. This was observed not only for AEP amplitudes but also for AEP time course. In contrast, no significant changes were reported for late-AEP responses in subjects with right-sided deafness. Conclusion The results show that cortical reorganization induced by unilateral deafness mainly occurs in subjects with left-sided deafness. This suggests that anatomical and functional plastic changes are more likely to occur in the right than in the left auditory cortex. The possible perceptual correlates of such neurophysiological changes are discussed.
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Sandmann P, Eichele T, Buechler M, Debener S, Jäncke L, Dillier N, Hugdahl K, Meyer M. Evaluation of evoked potentials to dyadic tones after cochlear implantation. Brain 2009; 132:1967-79. [DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The cortical chronometry of electrogustatory event-related potentials. Brain Topogr 2009; 22:73-82. [PMID: 19199019 DOI: 10.1007/s10548-009-0076-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2008] [Accepted: 01/21/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Electrogustometry (EGM) is the standard tool to assess gustatory functions in clinical environments. The stimulation elicits a percept often described as metallic, sour or salty, also referred to as electric taste. To date, the neuronal mechanisms that underlie electric taste perception are not yet fully understood. Electroencephalographic (EEG) approaches will certainly complement behavioral procedures and, furthermore, extend the understanding of gustatory processing in general and disturbances of gustatory functions in particular. We used anodal pulses applied to the tip of the participants' tongue while EEG was recorded. The major disadvantage of combining EEG and EGM, namely the electrical stimulation artifact, was overcome by means of Independent Component Analysis (ICA), which separated the EGM artifact from the neural portion of the EEG. After artifact correction, we found a largely uncontaminated electrogustatory event-related potential (eGERP) at both individual and group level. Furthermore, source analysis revealed an early involvement of bilateral insular cortices and the adjacent operculi, the areas comprising the primary taste cortex. The procedures, described in detail, pave the way for the eGERP to become an affordable and objective tool for the assessment of taste function, and thus to complement behavioral measures (i.e. EGM detection thresholds). Furthermore, they render the access to different levels of the electrogustatory processing pathway possible and by doing so they may aid the identification and localisation of lesions that cause taste disturbances.
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Gilley PM, Sharma A, Dorman MF. Cortical reorganization in children with cochlear implants. Brain Res 2008; 1239:56-65. [PMID: 18775684 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.08.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2008] [Revised: 08/01/2008] [Accepted: 08/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Congenital deafness leads to atypical organization of the auditory nervous system. However, the extent to which auditory pathways reorganize during deafness is not well understood. We recorded cortical auditory evoked potentials in normal hearing children and in congenitally deaf children fitted with cochlear implants. High-density EEG and source modeling revealed principal activity from auditory cortex in normal hearing and early implanted children. However, children implanted after a critical period of seven years revealed activity from parietotemporal cortex in response to auditory stimulation, demonstrating reorganized cortical pathways. Reorganization of central auditory pathways is limited by the age at which implantation occurs, and may help explain the benefits and limitations of implantation in congenitally deaf children.
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- Phillip M Gilley
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2501 Kittredge Loop Rd., 409 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0409, USA.
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Debener S, Hine J, Bleeck S, Eyles J. Source localization of auditory evoked potentials after cochlear implantation. Psychophysiology 2007; 45:20-4. [PMID: 17910729 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2007.00610.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Little is known about how the auditory cortex adapts to artificial input as provided by a cochlear implant (CI). We report the case of a 71-year-old profoundly deaf man, who has successfully used a unilateral CI for 4 years. Independent component analysis (ICA) of 61-channel EEG recordings could separate CI-related artifacts from auditory-evoked potentials (AEPs), even though it was the perfectly time-locked CI stimulation that caused the AEPs. AEP dipole source localization revealed contralaterally larger amplitudes in the P1-N1 range, similar to normal hearing individuals. In contrast to normal hearing individuals, the man with the CI showed a 20-ms shorter N1 latency ipsilaterally. We conclude that ICA allows the detailed study of AEPs in CI users.
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- Stefan Debener
- MRC Institute of Hearing Research Southampton, Southampton, UK.
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