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Sun Y, Zhou J, Zhu H, Liu P, Lin H, Xiao Z, Yu X, Qian J, Tong M, Chi X, Hong Q. Characteristics of Speech Auditory Brainstem Response in Preschool Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING RESEARCH : JSLHR 2024; 67:3163-3177. [PMID: 39083453 DOI: 10.1044/2024_jslhr-23-00454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of auditory processing (AP) in preschool children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using the speech auditory brainstem response (speech-ABR), which provides insights into the AP of speech signals in the central auditory nervous system (CANS). METHOD A total of 84 preschool children diagnosed with ADHD, aged 4-6 years, were matched with 84 typically developing (TD) children based on gender and age. All children underwent speech-ABR testing, cognitive assessment using the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Fourth Edition or the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition, and a continuous performance test. RESULTS Children with ADHD exhibited significantly longer latencies of speech-ABR waveforms V, A, and D compared to TD children. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the latencies of speech-ABR waves V, A, and D were affected by the presence of ADHD, but not by the full-scale intelligence quotient. CONCLUSIONS This study revealed that preschool children with ADHD exhibited abnormal AP of speech signals in their CANS. The findings suggest that speech-ABR can be utilized as a reliable measure to evaluate AP ability in this population, as it remains unaffected by cognitive or attentional factors. The transient response (V, A) of speech-ABR was found to be a significant predictor of ADHD in a clinical setting. Early assessment of AP abnormalities via speech-ABR is recommended in preschool-age children to develop targeted interventions for ADHD. SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.26376502.
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- Yuying Sun
- Department of Child Healthcare, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Hospital), China
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- School of Nursing, Nanjing Medical University, China
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- School of Pediatrics, Nanjing Medical University, China
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- Department of Child Healthcare, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Hospital), China
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- Department of Child Healthcare, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Hospital), China
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- School of Pediatrics, Nanjing Medical University, China
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- Department of Child Healthcare, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Hospital), China
- School of Pediatrics, Nanjing Medical University, China
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- Department of Child Healthcare, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Hospital), China
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- Department of Child Healthcare, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Hospital), China
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- Department of Child Healthcare, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Hospital), China
- Nanjing Medical Key Laboratory of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics, China
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- Department of Child Healthcare, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Hospital), China
- Nanjing Medical Key Laboratory of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics, China
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Gorina-Careta N, Arenillas-Alcón S, Puertollano M, Mondéjar-Segovia A, Ijjou-Kadiri S, Costa-Faidella J, Gómez-Roig MD, Escera C. Exposure to bilingual or monolingual maternal speech during pregnancy affects the neurophysiological encoding of speech sounds in neonates differently. Front Hum Neurosci 2024; 18:1379660. [PMID: 38841122 PMCID: PMC11150635 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2024.1379660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024] Open
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Introduction Exposure to maternal speech during the prenatal period shapes speech perception and linguistic preferences, allowing neonates to recognize stories heard frequently in utero and demonstrating an enhanced preference for their mother's voice and native language. Yet, with a high prevalence of bilingualism worldwide, it remains an open question whether monolingual or bilingual maternal speech during pregnancy influence differently the fetus' neural mechanisms underlying speech sound encoding. Methods In the present study, the frequency-following response (FFR), an auditory evoked potential that reflects the complex spectrotemporal dynamics of speech sounds, was recorded to a two-vowel /oa/ stimulus in a sample of 129 healthy term neonates within 1 to 3 days after birth. Newborns were divided into two groups according to maternal language usage during the last trimester of gestation (monolingual; bilingual). Spectral amplitudes and spectral signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) at the stimulus fundamental (F0) and first formant (F1) frequencies of each vowel were, respectively, taken as measures of pitch and formant structure neural encoding. Results Our results reveal that while spectral amplitudes at F0 did not differ between groups, neonates from bilingual mothers exhibited a lower spectral SNR. Additionally, monolingually exposed neonates exhibited a higher spectral amplitude and SNR at F1 frequencies. Discussion We interpret our results under the consideration that bilingual maternal speech, as compared to monolingual, is characterized by a greater complexity in the speech sound signal, rendering newborns from bilingual mothers more sensitive to a wider range of speech frequencies without generating a particularly strong response at any of them. Our results contribute to an expanding body of research indicating the influence of prenatal experiences on language acquisition and underscore the necessity of including prenatal language exposure in developmental studies on language acquisition, a variable often overlooked yet capable of influencing research outcomes.
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- Natàlia Gorina-Careta
- Brainlab – Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Departament de Psicologia Clinica i Psicobiologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Neurociènces, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Brainlab – Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Departament de Psicologia Clinica i Psicobiologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Neurociènces, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Brainlab – Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Departament de Psicologia Clinica i Psicobiologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Neurociènces, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Brainlab – Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Departament de Psicologia Clinica i Psicobiologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Neurociènces, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Brainlab – Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Departament de Psicologia Clinica i Psicobiologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Neurociènces, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Brainlab – Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Departament de Psicologia Clinica i Psicobiologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Neurociènces, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
- BCNatal – Barcelona Center for Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and Hospital Clínic), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Brainlab – Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Departament de Psicologia Clinica i Psicobiologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Neurociènces, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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Commuri V, Kulasingham JP, Simon JZ. Cortical responses time-locked to continuous speech in the high-gamma band depend on selective attention. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1264453. [PMID: 38156264 PMCID: PMC10752935 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1264453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023] Open
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Auditory cortical responses to speech obtained by magnetoencephalography (MEG) show robust speech tracking to the speaker's fundamental frequency in the high-gamma band (70-200 Hz), but little is currently known about whether such responses depend on the focus of selective attention. In this study 22 human subjects listened to concurrent, fixed-rate, speech from male and female speakers, and were asked to selectively attend to one speaker at a time, while their neural responses were recorded with MEG. The male speaker's pitch range coincided with the lower range of the high-gamma band, whereas the female speaker's higher pitch range had much less overlap, and only at the upper end of the high-gamma band. Neural responses were analyzed using the temporal response function (TRF) framework. As expected, the responses demonstrate robust speech tracking of the fundamental frequency in the high-gamma band, but only to the male's speech, with a peak latency of ~40 ms. Critically, the response magnitude depends on selective attention: the response to the male speech is significantly greater when male speech is attended than when it is not attended, under acoustically identical conditions. This is a clear demonstration that even very early cortical auditory responses are influenced by top-down, cognitive, neural processing mechanisms.
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- Vrishab Commuri
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
- Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
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Ribas-Prats T, Cordero G, Lip-Sosa DL, Arenillas-Alcón S, Costa-Faidella J, Gómez-Roig MD, Escera C. Developmental Trajectory of the Frequency-Following Response During the First 6 Months of Life. JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING RESEARCH : JSLHR 2023; 66:4785-4800. [PMID: 37944057 DOI: 10.1044/2023_jslhr-23-00104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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PURPOSE The aim of the present study is to characterize the maturational changes during the first 6 months of life in the neural encoding of two speech sound features relevant for early language acquisition: the stimulus fundamental frequency (fo), related to stimulus pitch, and the vowel formant composition, particularly F1. The frequency-following response (FFR) was used as a snapshot into the neural encoding of these two stimulus attributes. METHOD FFRs to a consonant-vowel stimulus /da/ were retrieved from electroencephalographic recordings in a sample of 80 healthy infants (45 at birth and 35 at the age of 1 month). Thirty-two infants (16 recorded at birth and 16 recorded at 1 month) returned for a second recording at 6 months of age. RESULTS Stimulus fo and F1 encoding showed improvements from birth to 6 months of age. Most remarkably, a significant improvement in the F1 neural encoding was observed during the first month of life. CONCLUSION Our results highlight the rapid and sustained maturation of the basic neural machinery necessary for the phoneme discrimination ability during the first 6 months of age.
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- Teresa Ribas-Prats
- Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
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- Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
- BCNatal - Barcelona Center for Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and Hospital Clínic), University of Barcelona, Spain
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- Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
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- Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
- BCNatal - Barcelona Center for Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and Hospital Clínic), University of Barcelona, Spain
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- Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
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Commuri V, Kulasingham JP, Simon JZ. Cortical Responses Time-Locked to Continuous Speech in the High-Gamma Band Depend on Selective Attention. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.07.20.549567. [PMID: 37546895 PMCID: PMC10401961 DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.20.549567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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Auditory cortical responses to speech obtained by magnetoencephalography (MEG) show robust speech tracking to the speaker's fundamental frequency in the high-gamma band (70-200 Hz), but little is currently known about whether such responses depend on the focus of selective attention. In this study 22 human subjects listened to concurrent, fixed-rate, speech from male and female speakers, and were asked to selectively attend to one speaker at a time, while their neural responses were recorded with MEG. The male speaker's pitch range coincided with the lower range of the high-gamma band, whereas the female speaker's higher pitch range had much less overlap, and only at the upper end of the high-gamma band. Neural responses were analyzed using the temporal response function (TRF) framework. As expected, the responses demonstrate robust speech tracking of the fundamental frequency in the high-gamma band, but only to the male's speech, with a peak latency of approximately 40 ms. Critically, the response magnitude depends on selective attention: the response to the male speech is significantly greater when male speech is attended than when it is not attended, under acoustically identical conditions. This is a clear demonstration that even very early cortical auditory responses are influenced by top-down, cognitive, neural processing mechanisms.
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- Vrishab Commuri
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
- Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
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Ozernov-Palchik O, Qi Z, Beach SD, Gabrieli JDE. Intact procedural memory and impaired auditory statistical learning in adults with dyslexia. Neuropsychologia 2023; 188:108638. [PMID: 37516235 PMCID: PMC10805067 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/31/2023]
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Developmental dyslexia is a reading disorder that is associated with atypical brain function. One neuropsychological theory posits that dyslexia reflects a deficit in the procedural memory system, which supports implicit learning, or the acquisition of knowledge without conscious awareness or intention. This study investigated various forms of procedural learning in adults with dyslexia and typically-reading adults. Adults with dyslexia exhibited typical skill learning on mirror tracing and rotary pursuit tasks that have been well-established as reflecting purely procedural memory and dependent on basal ganglia and cerebellar structures. They also exhibited typical statistical learning for visual material, but impaired statistical learning for auditory material. Auditory statistical learning proficiency correlated positively with single-word reading performance across all participants and within the group with dyslexia, linking a major difficulty in dyslexia with impaired auditory statistical learning. These findings dissociate multiple forms of procedural memory that are intact in dyslexia from a specific impairment in auditory statistical learning that is associated with reading difficulty.
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- Ola Ozernov-Palchik
- McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Omidvar S, Mochiatti Guijo L, Duda V, Costa-Faidella J, Escera C, Koravand A. Can auditory evoked responses elicited to click and/or verbal sound identify children with or at risk of central auditory processing disorder: A scoping review. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2023; 171:111609. [PMID: 37393698 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2023.111609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND (Central) auditory processing disorders, (C)APDs are clinically identified using behavioral tests. However, changes in attention and motivation may easily affect true identification. Although auditory electrophysiological tests, such as Auditory Brainstem Responses (ABR), are independent of most confounding cognitive factors, there is no consensus that click and/or speech-evoked ABR can be used to identify children with or at-risk of (C)APDs due to heterogeneity among studies. AIMS This study aimed to review the possibility of using ABR evoked by click and/or speech stimuli to identify children with or at risk of (C)APDs. METHODS The online databases of PubMed, Web of Science, Medline, Embase, and CINAHL were explored using combined keywords for all English and French articles published until April 2021. Additional gray literature was also included such as conference abstracts, dissertations, and editorials in ProQuest Dissertations. MAIN CONTRIBUTION Thirteen papers met the eligibility criteria and were included in the scoping review. Fourteen papers were cross-sectional and two were interventional studies. Eleven papers used click stimuli to assess children with/at risk of (C)APDs, and speech stimuli were utilized in the remaining studies. Despite the diversity of the results, especially in click ABR assessments, most studies indicated increases in the wave latencies and/or decreases in the wave amplitudes of click ABR in children with/at risk of (C)APDs. The results of speech ABR assessments were more consistent, as prolongation of the transient components of speech ABR was observed in these children, while sustained components remained almost unchanged. CONCLUSIONS Although both click and speech-evoked ABRs could be used to assess children with (C)APDs, it appears that speech-evoked ABR assessments yield more reliable findings. These findings, however, should be interpreted with caution given the heterogeneity among studies. Well-designed studies on children with confirmed (C)APDs using standard diagnostic and assessment protocols are recommended.
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- Shaghayegh Omidvar
- Audiology and Speech Pathology Program, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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- Audiology and Speech Pathology Program, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Sao Paulo State University "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" - UNESP, Marília, SP, Brazil.
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- École d'orthophonie et d'audiologie, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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- Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group. Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Institute de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group. Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Institute de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Audiology and Speech Pathology Program, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Auditory brainstem response deficits in learning disorders and developmental language disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sci Rep 2022; 12:20124. [PMID: 36418364 PMCID: PMC9684495 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-20438-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Although learning disorders (LD) and developmental language disorder (DLD) can be linked to overlapping psychological and behavioral deficits, such as phonological, morphological, orthographic, semantic, and syntactic deficits, as well as academic (e.g., reading) difficulties, they are currently separate diagnoses in the DSM-5 with explicit phenotypic differences. At a neural level, it is yet to be determined to what extent they have overlapping or distinct signatures. The identification of such neural markers/endophenotypes could be important for the development of physiological diagnostic tools, as well as an understanding of disorders across different dimensions, as recommended by the Research Domain Criteria Initiative (RDoC). The current systematic review and meta-analysis examined whether the two disorders can be differentiated based on the auditory brainstem response (ABR). Even though both diagnoses require hearing problems to be ruled out, a number of articles have demonstrated associations of these disorders with the auditory brainstem response. We demonstrated that both LD and DLD are associated with longer latencies in ABR Waves III, V, and A, as well as reduced amplitude in Waves V and A. However, multilevel subgroup analyses revealed that LD and DLD do not significantly differ for any of these ABR waves. Results suggest that less efficient early auditory processing is a shared mechanism underlying both LD and DLD.
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Fatić S, Stanojević N, Stokić M, Nenadović V, Jeličić L, Bilibajkić R, Gavrilović A, Maksimović S, Adamović T, Subotić M. Electroen cephalography correlates of word and non-word listening in children with specific language impairment: An observational study20F0. Medicine (Baltimore) 2022; 101:e31840. [PMID: 36401430 PMCID: PMC9678566 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000031840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Auditory processing in children diagnosed with speech and language impairment (SLI) is atypical and characterized by reduced brain activation compared to typically developing (TD) children. In typical speech and language development processes, frontal, temporal, and posterior regions are engaged during single-word listening, while for non-word listening, it is highly unlikely that perceiving or speaking them is not followed by frequent neurones' activation enough to form stable network connections. This study aimed to investigate the electrophysiological cortical activity of alpha rhythm while listening words and non-words in children with SLI compared to TD children. The participants were 50 children with SLI, aged 4 to 6, and 50 age-related TD children. Groups were divided into 2 subgroups: first subgroup - children aged 4.0 to 5.0 years old (E = 25, C = 25) and second subgroup - children aged 5.0 to 6.0 years old (E = 25, C = 25). The younger children's group did not show statistically significant differences in alpha spectral power in word or non-word listening. In contrast, in the older age group for word and non-word listening, differences were present in the prefrontal, temporal, and parieto-occipital regions bilaterally. Children with SLI showed a certain lack of alpha desynchronization in word and non-word listening compared with TD children. Non-word perception arouses more brain regions because of the unknown presence of the word stimuli. The lack of adequate alpha desynchronization is consistent with established difficulties in lexical and phonological processing at the behavioral level in children with SLI.
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- Saška Fatić
- Department for Cognitive Neuroscience, Research and Development Institute “Life Activities Advancement Center”, Belgrade, Serbia
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Institute for Experimental Phonetics and Speech Pathology ˝Đorđe Kostić˝, Belgrade, Serbia
- *Correspondence: Saška Fatić, Department for Cognitive Neuroscience, Research and Development Institute “Life Activities Advancement Center”, Gospodar Jovanova 35, Belgrade 11 000, Serbia (e-mail: )
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- Department for Cognitive Neuroscience, Research and Development Institute “Life Activities Advancement Center”, Belgrade, Serbia
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Institute for Experimental Phonetics and Speech Pathology ˝Đorđe Kostić˝, Belgrade, Serbia
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- University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Institute for Experimental Phonetics and Speech Pathology ˝Đorđe Kostić˝, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department for Cognitive Neuroscience, Research and Development Institute “Life Activities Advancement Center”, Belgrade, Serbia
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Institute for Experimental Phonetics and Speech Pathology ˝Đorđe Kostić˝, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department for Cognitive Neuroscience, Research and Development Institute “Life Activities Advancement Center”, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Neurology, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia
- Clinic of Neurology, Clinical Center Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia
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- Department for Cognitive Neuroscience, Research and Development Institute “Life Activities Advancement Center”, Belgrade, Serbia
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Institute for Experimental Phonetics and Speech Pathology ˝Đorđe Kostić˝, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department for Cognitive Neuroscience, Research and Development Institute “Life Activities Advancement Center”, Belgrade, Serbia
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Institute for Experimental Phonetics and Speech Pathology ˝Đorđe Kostić˝, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department for Cognitive Neuroscience, Research and Development Institute “Life Activities Advancement Center”, Belgrade, Serbia
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Auditory Processing in Children with Specific Language Impairment: A FFR Based Study. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2022; 74:368-373. [PMID: 36032839 PMCID: PMC9411455 DOI: 10.1007/s12070-020-02127-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Specific language impairment (SLI) is diagnosed when a child has difficulty in producing or understanding spoken language for no apparent reason. The study attempted to assess the sub-cortical encoding in children with SLI using speech-evoked auditory brainstem response (ABR). The objective of the study was to compare the amplitude and latency of the frequency following response (FFR) parameters between the children with SLI and typically developing children. The frequency following response was recorded using/da/stimuli from ten ears of children diagnosed with SLI. The amplitude and the latencies of the different peaks of FFR in children with SLI were compared with those of typically developing children. The results of the study showed that the latencies of wave C and D were significantly prolonged in children with SLI compared to typically developing children. The waveforms obtained from the typically developing (TD) children were clearer and easily identifiable, with larger negativity observed in the troughs. The waveform morphology was poorer in children with SLI with shallower peaks. Thus, it can be concluded that speech evoked ABR gives an insight into the auditory processing ability of children with SLI. It indicates that signal processing in the auditory pathway of children with SLI is temporally distorted and which might affect the development of language.
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Gorina-Careta N, Ribas-Prats T, Arenillas-Alcón S, Puertollano M, Gómez-Roig MD, Escera C. Neonatal Frequency-Following Responses: A Methodological Framework for Clinical Applications. Semin Hear 2022; 43:162-176. [PMID: 36313048 PMCID: PMC9605802 DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1756162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The frequency-following response (FFR) to periodic complex sounds is a noninvasive scalp-recorded auditory evoked potential that reflects synchronous phase-locked neural activity to the spectrotemporal components of the acoustic signal along the ascending auditory hierarchy. The FFR has gained recent interest in the fields of audiology and auditory cognitive neuroscience, as it has great potential to answer both basic and applied questions about processes involved in sound encoding, language development, and communication. Specifically, it has become a promising tool in neonates, as its study may allow both early identification of future language disorders and the opportunity to leverage brain plasticity during the first 2 years of life, as well as enable early interventions to prevent and/or ameliorate sound and language encoding disorders. Throughout the present review, we summarize the state of the art of the neonatal FFR and, based on our own extensive experience, present methodological approaches to record it in a clinical environment. Overall, the present review is the first one that comprehensively focuses on the neonatal FFRs applications, thus supporting the feasibility to record the FFR during the first days of life and the predictive potential of the neonatal FFR on detecting short- and long-term language abilities and disruptions.
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- Natàlia Gorina-Careta
- Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- BCNatal - Barcelona Center for Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and Hospital Clínic), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- BCNatal - Barcelona Center for Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and Hospital Clínic), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Harwood V, Preston J, Baron A, Kleinman D, Landi N. Event-Related Potentials to Speech Relate to Speech Sound Production and Language in Young Children. Dev Neuropsychol 2022; 47:105-123. [PMID: 35133218 PMCID: PMC10393112 DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2022.2036154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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This research was funded through the American Speech and Hearing Foundation's 2012 StudentResearch Grant in Early Childhood Language Development awarded to Vanessa Harwood as well as an anonymous generous donation to Haskins Laboratories. Electrophysiological measures of language within early childhood provide important information about neurolinguistic development. We investigated associations between amplitude and latency of the P1 and N2 event-related potential components in response to spoken pseudowords, and clinical measures of language performance within a sample of 58 typically developing children between 24 and 48 months. N2 amplitude differences between repeated and new tokens were correlated with measures of expressive and receptive language and speech sound production. Phonemic sensitivity measured by the N2 component may reflect the integrity of neural networks that are important for speech perception and production in young children.
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- Vanessa Harwood
- Haskins Laboratories, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.,Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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- Haskins Laboratories, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.,Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
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- Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
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- Haskins Laboratories, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Haskins Laboratories, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.,Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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Ribas-Prats T, Arenillas-Alcón S, Lip-Sosa DL, Costa-Faidella J, Mazarico E, Gómez-Roig MD, Escera C. Deficient neural encoding of speech sounds in term neonates born after fetal growth restriction. Dev Sci 2021; 25:e13189. [PMID: 34758093 DOI: 10.1111/desc.13189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Revised: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Infants born after fetal growth restriction (FGR)-an obstetric condition defined as the failure to achieve the genetic growth potential-are prone to neurodevelopmental delays, with language being one of the major affected areas. Yet, while verbal comprehension and expressive language impairments have been observed in FGR infants, children and even adults, specific related impairments at birth, such as in the ability to encode the sounds of speech, necessary for language acquisition, remain to be disclosed. Here, we used the frequency-following response (FFR), a brain potential correlate of the neural phase locking to complex auditory stimuli, to explore the encoding of speech sounds in FGR neonates. Fifty-three neonates born with FGR and 48 controls born with weight adequate-for-gestational age (AGA) were recruited. The FFR was recorded to the consonant-vowel stimulus (/da/) during sleep and quantified as the spectral amplitude to the fundamental frequency of the syllable and its signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The outcome was available in 45 AGA and 51 FGR neonates, yielding no differences for spectral amplitudes. However, SNR was strongly attenuated in the FGR group compared to the AGA group at the vowel region of the stimulus. These findings suggest that FGR population present a deficit in the neural pitch tracking of speech sounds already present at birth. Our results pave the way for future research on the potential clinical use of the FFR in this population, so that if confirmed, a disrupted FFR recorded at birth may help deriving FGR neonates at risk for postnatal follow-ups.
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- Teresa Ribas-Prats
- Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,BCNatal - Barcelona Center for Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and Hospital Clínic), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,BCNatal - Barcelona Center for Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and Hospital Clínic), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,BCNatal - Barcelona Center for Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and Hospital Clínic), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Magimairaj BM, Nagaraj NK, Champlin CA, Thibodeau LK, Loeb DF, Gillam RB. Speech Perception in Noise Predicts Oral Narrative Comprehension in Children With Developmental Language Disorder. Front Psychol 2021; 12:735026. [PMID: 34744907 PMCID: PMC8566731 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.735026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We examined the relative contribution of auditory processing abilities (tone perception and speech perception in noise) after controlling for short-term memory capacity and vocabulary, to narrative language comprehension in children with developmental language disorder. Two hundred and sixteen children with developmental language disorder, ages 6 to 9 years (Mean = 7; 6), were administered multiple measures. The dependent variable was children's score on the narrative comprehension scale of the Test of Narrative Language. Predictors were auditory processing abilities, phonological short-term memory capacity, and language (vocabulary) factors, with age, speech perception in quiet, and non-verbal IQ as covariates. Results showed that narrative comprehension was positively correlated with the majority of the predictors. Regression analysis suggested that speech perception in noise contributed uniquely to narrative comprehension in children with developmental language disorder, over and above all other predictors; however, tone perception tasks failed to explain unique variance. The relative importance of speech perception in noise over tone-perception measures for language comprehension reinforces the need for the assessment and management of listening in noise deficits and makes a compelling case for the functional implications of complex listening situations for children with developmental language disorder.
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- Beula M Magimairaj
- Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education, Emma Eccles Jones Early Childhood Education and Research Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States
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- Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education, Emma Eccles Jones Early Childhood Education and Research Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States
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- Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Callier Center for Communication Disorders, The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Communication Sciences and Disorders, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States
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- Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education, Emma Eccles Jones Early Childhood Education and Research Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States
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Lemos FA, da Silva Nunes AD, de Souza Evangelista CK, Escera C, Taveira KVM, Balen SA. Frequency-Following Response in Newborns and Infants: A Systematic Review of Acquisition Parameters. JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING RESEARCH : JSLHR 2021; 64:2085-2102. [PMID: 34057846 DOI: 10.1044/2021_jslhr-20-00639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to characterize parameters used for frequency-following response (FFR) acquisition in children up to 24 months of age through a systematic review. Method The study was registered in PROSPERO and followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses' recommendations. Search was performed in six databases (LILACS, LIVIVO, PsycINFO, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science) and gray literature (Google Scholar, OpenGrey, ProQuest)as well as via manual searches in bibliographic references. Observational studies using speech stimuli to elicit the FFR in infants with normal hearing on the age range from 0 until 24 months were included. No restrictions regarding language and year of publication were applied. Risk of bias was assessed with the Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Checklist. Data on stimulus, presentation rate, time window for analysis, number of sweeps, artifact rejection, online filters, stimulated ear, and examination condition were extracted. Results Four hundred fifty-nine studies were identified. After removing duplicates and reading titles and abstracts, 15 articles were included. Seven studies were classified as low risk of bias, seven as moderate risk, and one as high risk. Conclusions There is a consensus in the use of some acquisition parameters of the FFR with speech stimulus, such as the vertical mounting, the use of alternating polarity, a sampling rate of 20000 Hz, and the /da/ synthesized syllable of 40 ms in duration as the preferred stimulus. Although these parameters show some consensus, the results disclosed lack of a single established protocol for FFR acquisition with speech stimulus in infants in the investigated age range.
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- Fabiana Aparecida Lemos
- Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Graduate Program, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brazil
- Laboratory of Technological Innovation in Health of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (LAIS/UFRN), Natal, Brazil
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- Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Graduate Program, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brazil
- Laboratory of Technological Innovation in Health of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (LAIS/UFRN), Natal, Brazil
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- Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Graduate Program, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brazil
- Laboratory of Technological Innovation in Health of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (LAIS/UFRN), Natal, Brazil
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- Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Spain
- Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute, Esplugues de Llobregat Barcelona, Spain
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- Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Graduate Program, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brazil
- Laboratory of Technological Innovation in Health of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (LAIS/UFRN), Natal, Brazil
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Elmahallawi TH, Gabr TA, Darwish ME, Seleem FM. Children with developmental language disorder: a frequency following response in the noise study. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 2021; 88:954-961. [PMID: 33766501 PMCID: PMC9615520 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2021.01.008] [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: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Introduction Children with developmental language disorder have been reported to have poor temporal auditory processing. This study aimed to examine the frequency following response. Objective This work aimed to investigate speech processing in quiet and in noise. Methods Two groups of children were included in this work: the control group (15 children with normal language development) and the study group (25 children diagnosed with developmental language disorder). All children were submitted to intelligence scale, language assessment, full audiological evaluation, and frequency following response in quiet and noise (+5QNR and +10QNR). Results Results showed no statically significant difference between both groups as regards IQ or PTA. In the study group, the advanced analysis of frequency following response showed reduced F0 and F2 amplitudes. Results also showed that noise has an impact on both the transient and sustained components of the frequency following response in the same group. Conclusion Children with developmental language disorder have difficulty in speech processing especially in the presence of background noise. Frequency following response is an efficient procedure that can be used to address speech processing problems in children with developmental language disorder.
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- Trandil H Elmahallawi
- Tanta University Hospitals, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department, Audiovestibular Unit, Tanta, Egypt
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- Kafrelsheikh University Hospitals, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department, Audiovestibular Unit, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt.
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- Tanta University Hospitals, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department, Phoniatrics Unit, Tanta, Egypt
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- Tanta University Hospitals, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department, Audiovestibular Unit, Tanta, Egypt
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Nisha KV, Sanjana M, Rohith VS, Rajalakshmi K, Prabhu P. Profiles and predictors of auditory functioning in abacus-trained children. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2021; 142:110608. [PMID: 33482407 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2021.110608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The present study explored the auditory benefits of abacus-training using a battery of tests (auditory acuity, clarity, and cognition). The study also aimed to identify the relative contributions of auditory processing tests that are most sensitive to the effects of abacus-training. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was conducted on 60 children aged between 9 - 14 years. These participants were divided into two groups (abacus trained and untrained) of 30 each, who underwent a series of auditory functioning tests. The battery of tests included: auditory acuity (frequency, intensity, temporal, binaural and spatial resolution), auditory clarity (speech perception in noise), and auditory cognition (working digit and syllable memory). RESULTS Statistically (t-test and Mann Whitney U test), significant changes were observed in the spatial resolution, auditory clarity, and cognition tests, suggestive of positive outcomes of abacus training at the higher-order auditory processing. This finding was complemented by the discriminant function (DF) analyses, which showed that clarity and cognitive measures helped for effective group segregation (abacustrained and untrained). These measures had significantly higher contributions to the DF. CONCLUSIONS The findings of the study provide evidence of the multi-component benefits of abacus training in children and the transferability of learning effects to the auditory modality.
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- K V Nisha
- Department of Audiology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Naimisham Campus, Manasagangothri, Mysore, 570006, India
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- Department of Speech and Hearing, Manipal College of Health Professions (MCHP), Madhav Nagar, Eshwar Nagar, Manipal, 576104, India
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- Department of Audiology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Naimisham Campus, Manasagangothri, Mysore, 570006, India
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- Department of Audiology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Naimisham Campus, Manasagangothri, Mysore, 570006, India
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- Department of Audiology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Naimisham Campus, Manasagangothri, Mysore, 570006, India.
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Niemczak C, Fellows A, Lichtenstein J, White-Schwoch T, Magohe A, Gui J, Wilbur J, Clavier O, Massawe E, Moshi N, Boivin M, Kraus N, Buckey J. Central Auditory Tests to Track Cognitive Function in People With HIV: Longitudinal Cohort Study. JMIR Form Res 2021; 5:e26406. [PMID: 33470933 PMCID: PMC7902183 DOI: 10.2196/26406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Revised: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background The development of neurocognitive deficits in people infected with HIV is a significant public health problem. Previous cross-sectional studies have shown that performance on central auditory tests (CATs) correlates with cognitive test results in those with HIV, but no longitudinal data exist for confirmation. We have been performing longitudinal assessments of central auditory and cognitive function on a cohort of HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to understand how the central auditory system could be used to study and track the progress of central nervous system dysfunction. Objective The goal of the project was to determine if CATs can track the trajectory of cognitive function over time in people diagnosed with HIV. Methods Tests of peripheral and central auditory function as well as cognitive performance were performed on 382 individuals over the course of 3.5 years. Visits were scheduled every 6 months. CATs included tests of auditory temporal processing (gap detection) and speech perception in noise (Hearing in Noise Test and Triple Digit Test). Cognitive tests included the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA), and subtests from the Cogstate battery. HIV-positive subjects were divided into groups based on their CAT results at their final visit (bottom 20%, top 20%, middle 60%). Primary analyses focused on the comparison between HIV-positive individuals that performed worse on CATs (bottom 20%) and the overall HIV-positive group (middle 60%). Data were analyzed using linear mixed-effect models with time as the main fixed effect. Results The group with the worst (bottom 20%) CAT performance showed a difference in trajectory for the MoCA (P=.003), TOVA (P<.048), and Cogstate (P<.046) over the course of the study period compared to the overall HIV-positive group. A battery of three CATs showed a significant difference in cognitive trajectory over a relatively short study period of 3.5 years independent of age (bottom 20% vs HIV-positive group). Conclusions The results of this study support the ability for CATs to track cognitive function over time, suggesting that central auditory processing can provide a window into central nervous system performance. CATs can be simple to perform, and are relatively insensitive to education and socioeconomic status because they only require repeating sentences, numbers, or detecting gaps in noise. These tests could potentially provide a time-efficient, low-cost method to screen for and monitor cognitive decline in patients with HIV, making them a useful surveillance tool for this major public health problem.
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- Christopher Niemczak
- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, United States
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- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, United States
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- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, United States.,Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, United States
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Dar Dar Programs, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, United States
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- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Department of Psychiatry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, United States
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Quam C, Cardinal H, Gallegos C, Bodner T. Sound discrimination and explicit mapping of sounds to meanings in preschoolers with and without developmental language disorder. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY 2021; 23:26-37. [PMID: 32619107 PMCID: PMC7779658 DOI: 10.1080/17549507.2020.1750701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate links between sound discrimination and explicit sound-meaning mapping by preschoolers with and without developmental language disorder (DLD). METHOD We tested 26 children with DLD and 26 age- and gender-matched peers with typical language development (TLD). Inclusion was determined via results of standardised assessments of language and cognitive skills and a hearing screening. Children completed two computerised tasks designed to assess pitch and duration discrimination and explicit mapping of pitch- and duration-contrasting sounds to objects. RESULT Children with TLD more successfully mapped pitch categories to meanings than children with DLD. Children with TLD also showed significantly better overall sound discrimination than children with DLD. Sound-discrimination scores were marginally associated with overall sound-meaning mapping in multivariate analyses of covariance (MANCOVAs). Correlation tests indicated significant associations between discrimination and mapping, with moderate to large effect sizes. Thus, significant sound-discrimination differences between the groups may contribute to differences in sound-meaning-mapping accuracy. CONCLUSION Children with DLD had more difficulty mapping sound categories to meanings than TLD peers. We discuss possible explanations for this finding and implications for theoretical accounts of the aetiology of DLD.
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- Carolyn Quam
- Corresponding author. Portland State University Speech and Hearing Sciences, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751, USA. 1-503-725-3558. .
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona, USA
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Portland State University, USA
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Kulasingham JP, Brodbeck C, Presacco A, Kuchinsky SE, Anderson S, Simon JZ. High gamma cortical processing of continuous speech in younger and older listeners. Neuroimage 2020; 222:117291. [PMID: 32835821 PMCID: PMC7736126 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Revised: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Neural processing along the ascending auditory pathway is often associated with a progressive reduction in characteristic processing rates. For instance, the well-known frequency-following response (FFR) of the auditory midbrain, as measured with electroencephalography (EEG), is dominated by frequencies from ∼100 Hz to several hundred Hz, phase-locking to the acoustic stimulus at those frequencies. In contrast, cortical responses, whether measured by EEG or magnetoencephalography (MEG), are typically characterized by frequencies of a few Hz to a few tens of Hz, time-locking to acoustic envelope features. In this study we investigated a crossover case, cortically generated responses time-locked to continuous speech features at FFR-like rates. Using MEG, we analyzed responses in the high gamma range of 70-200 Hz to continuous speech using neural source-localized reverse correlation and the corresponding temporal response functions (TRFs). Continuous speech stimuli were presented to 40 subjects (17 younger, 23 older adults) with clinically normal hearing and their MEG responses were analyzed in the 70-200 Hz band. Consistent with the relative insensitivity of MEG to many subcortical structures, the spatiotemporal profile of these response components indicated a cortical origin with ∼40 ms peak latency and a right hemisphere bias. TRF analysis was performed using two separate aspects of the speech stimuli: a) the 70-200 Hz carrier of the speech, and b) the 70-200 Hz temporal modulations in the spectral envelope of the speech stimulus. The response was dominantly driven by the envelope modulation, with a much weaker contribution from the carrier. Age-related differences were also analyzed to investigate a reversal previously seen along the ascending auditory pathway, whereby older listeners show weaker midbrain FFR responses than younger listeners, but, paradoxically, have stronger cortical low frequency responses. In contrast to both these earlier results, this study did not find clear age-related differences in high gamma cortical responses to continuous speech. Cortical responses at FFR-like frequencies shared some properties with midbrain responses at the same frequencies and with cortical responses at much lower frequencies.
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- Joshua P Kulasingham
- (a)Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States.
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- (b)Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States.
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- (b)Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States.
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- (c)Audiology and Speech Pathology Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States.
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- (d)Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States.
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- (a)Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States; (b)Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States; (e)Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States.
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da Silva JD, Muniz LF, Gouveia MDCL, da Hora LCD. Study of the brainstem auditory evoked potential with speech stimulus in the pediatric population with and without oral language disorders: a systematic review. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 2020; 86:793-811. [PMID: 32768355 PMCID: PMC9422481 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2020.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2020] [Revised: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The brainstem auditory evoked potential with speech stimulus, BAEP-speech, has been applied to observe how speech sounds are manifested in the brainstem. This tool can be used in children to assess central auditory processing, allowing preventive and early interventions. OBJECTIVE To assess the results found in the brainstem auditory evoked potential with speech stimulus in the pediatric population with and without oral language disorders, through a systematic literature review. METHOD The search was carried out in the scientific databases Portal BVS, Pubmed, Lilacs, Medline, Scielo and Web of Science, OpenGrey.eu, DissOnline, OpenDoar, OAIster and The New York Academy of Medicine. A systematic literature review was performed using the descriptors: auditory evoked potentials, children and their synonyms, combined by the Boolean operators AND and OR. The search filter "age: child" was used. The studies were independently read by peers and, in case of disagreement regarding the inclusion of studies, a third researcher was consulted. Original case-control articles that performed BAEP-speech without competitive noise, carried out in the pediatric population without and with oral language disorders, were included. RESULT 14 articles published between 2008 and 2019 were included in this review. Methodological variability was observed in the exam, with the syllable / da / being the most frequently used as the stimulus. When performing the average of the groups, it was observed that the population with specific language disorders showed greater latency delays in the sustained portion, lower amplitude values and VA complex slope. The group with phonological disorders had higher values in the transient portion of the responses. CONCLUSION Children with language disorders of different etiologies have different patterns of BAEP-speech responses when compared to children with typical development.
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- Jéssica Dayane da Silva
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Comunicação Humana, Recife, PE, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Comunicação Humana, Recife, PE, Brazil
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Tecoulesco L, Skoe E, Naigles LR. Phonetic discrimination mediates the relationship between auditory brainstem response stability and syntactic performance. BRAIN AND LANGUAGE 2020; 208:104810. [PMID: 32683226 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2020.104810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2019] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Syntactic, lexical, and phonological/phonetic knowledge are vital aspects of macro level language ability. Prior research has predominantly focused on environmental or cortical sources of individual differences in these areas; however, a growing literature suggests an auditory brainstem contribution to language performance in both typically developing (TD) populations and children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study investigates whether one aspect of auditory brainstem responses (ABRs), neural response stability, which is a metric reflecting trial-by-trial consistency in the neural encoding of sound, can predict syntactic, lexical, and phonetic performance in TD and ASD school-aged children. Pooling across children with ASD and TD, results showed that higher neural stability in response to the syllable /da/ was associated with better phonetic discrimination, and with better syntactic performance on a standardized measure. Furthermore, phonetic discrimination was a successful mediator of the relationship between neural stability and syntactic performance. This study supports the growing body of literature that stable subcortical neural encoding of sound is important for successful language performance.
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- Lisa Tecoulesco
- University of Connecticut Psychological Sciences, United States.
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- University of Connecticut, Speech Language and Hearing Sciences, United States
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Choi JE, Seol HY, Seok JM, Hong SH, Choi BO, Moon IJ. Psychoacoustics and neurophysiological auditory processing in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease types 1A and 2A. Eur J Neurol 2020; 27:2079-2088. [PMID: 32478888 DOI: 10.1111/ene.14370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Hidden hearing loss has been reported in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease; however, the auditory-processing deficits have not been widely explored. We investigated the psychoacoustic and neurophysiological aspects of auditory processing in patients with CMT disease type 1A (CMT1A) and type 2A (CMT2A). METHODS A total of 43 patients with CMT1A and 15 patients with CMT2A were prospectively enrolled. All patients with CMT disease had normal sound-detection ability by using pure-tone audiometry. Spectral-ripple discrimination, temporal modulation detection and auditory frequency-following response were compared between CMT1A, CMT2A and control groups. RESULTS Although all participants had normal audiograms, patients with CMT disease had difficulty understanding speech in noise. The psychoacoustic auditory processing was somewhat different depending on the underlying pathophysiology of CMT disease. Patients with CMT1A had degraded auditory temporal and spectral processing. Patients with CMT2A had no reduced spectral resolution, but they showed further reduced temporal resolution than the patients with CMT1A. The amplitudes of the frequency-following response were reduced in patients with CMT1A and CMT2A, but the neural timing remained relatively intact. CONCLUSIONS When we first assessed the neural representation to speech at the brainstem level, the grand average brainstem responses were reduced in both patients with CMT1A and CMT2A compared with healthy controls. As the psychoacoustic aspects of auditory dysfunctions in CMT1A and CMT2A were somewhat different, it is necessary to consider future auditory rehabilitation methods based on their pathophysiology.
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- J E Choi
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Korea
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- Hearing Research Laboratory, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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De Vos A, Vanvooren S, Ghesquière P, Wouters J. Subcortical auditory neural synchronization is deficient in pre-reading children who develop dyslexia. Dev Sci 2020; 23:e12945. [PMID: 32034978 DOI: 10.1111/desc.12945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Auditory processing of temporal information in speech is sustained by synchronized firing of neurons along the entire auditory pathway. In school-aged children and adults with dyslexia, neural synchronization deficits have been found at cortical levels of the auditory system, however, these deficits do not appear to be present in pre-reading children. An alternative role for subcortical synchronization in reading development and dyslexia has been suggested, but remains debated. By means of a longitudinal study, we assessed cognitive reading-related skills and subcortical auditory steady-state responses (80 Hz ASSRs) in a group of children before formal reading instruction (pre-reading), after 1 year of formal reading instruction (beginning reading), and after 3 years of formal reading instruction (more advanced reading). Children were retrospectively classified into three groups based on family risk and literacy achievement: typically developing children without a family risk for dyslexia, typically developing children with a family risk for dyslexia, and children who developed dyslexia. Our results reveal that children who developed dyslexia demonstrate decreased 80 Hz ASSRs at the pre-reading stage. This effect is no longer present after the onset of reading instruction, due to an atypical developmental increase in 80 Hz ASSRs between the pre-reading and the beginning reading stage. A forward stepwise logistic regression analysis showed that literacy achievement was predictable with an accuracy of 90.4% based on a model including three significant predictors, that is, family risk for dyslexia (R = .31), phonological awareness (R = .23), and 80 Hz ASSRs (R = .26). Given that (1) abnormalities in subcortical ASSRs preceded reading acquisition in children who developed dyslexia and (2) subcortical ASSRs contributed to the prediction of literacy achievement, subcortical auditory synchronization deficits may constitute a pre-reading risk factor in the emergence of dyslexia.
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- Astrid De Vos
- Department of Neurosciences, Research Group Experimental ORL, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Parenting and Special Education Research Unit, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Neurosciences, Research Group Experimental ORL, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Parenting and Special Education Research Unit, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Parenting and Special Education Research Unit, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Neurosciences, Research Group Experimental ORL, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Coffey EBJ, Nicol T, White-Schwoch T, Chandrasekaran B, Krizman J, Skoe E, Zatorre RJ, Kraus N. Evolving perspectives on the sources of the frequency-following response. Nat Commun 2019; 10:5036. [PMID: 31695046 PMCID: PMC6834633 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13003-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The auditory frequency-following response (FFR) is a non-invasive index of the fidelity of sound encoding in the brain, and is used to study the integrity, plasticity, and behavioral relevance of the neural encoding of sound. In this Perspective, we review recent evidence suggesting that, in humans, the FFR arises from multiple cortical and subcortical sources, not just subcortically as previously believed, and we illustrate how the FFR to complex sounds can enhance the wider field of auditory neuroscience. Far from being of use only to study basic auditory processes, the FFR is an uncommonly multifaceted response yielding a wealth of information, with much yet to be tapped.
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- Emily B J Coffey
- Department of Psychology, Concordia University, 1455 Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest, Montréal, QC, H3G 1M8, Canada.
- International Laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research (BRAMS), Montréal, QC, Canada.
- Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM), McGill University, 3640 de la Montagne, Montréal, QC, H3G 2A8, Canada.
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- Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Communication Sciences, Northwestern University, 2240 Campus Dr., Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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- Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Communication Sciences, Northwestern University, 2240 Campus Dr., Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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- Communication Sciences and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Forbes Tower, 3600 Atwood St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
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- Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Communication Sciences, Northwestern University, 2240 Campus Dr., Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The Connecticut Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Connecticut, 2 Alethia Drive, Unit 1085, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA
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- International Laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research (BRAMS), Montréal, QC, Canada
- Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM), McGill University, 3640 de la Montagne, Montréal, QC, H3G 2A8, Canada
- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 rue Université, Montréal, QC, H3A 2B4, Canada
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- Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Communication Sciences, Northwestern University, 2240 Campus Dr., Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
- Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, 2205 Tech Dr., Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
- Department of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University, 420 E Superior St., Chicago, IL, 6011, USA
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Sanfins MD, Hatzopoulos S, Donadon C, Diniz TA, Borges LR, Skarzynski PH, Colella-Santos MF. An Analysis of The Parameters Used In Speech ABR Assessment Protocols. J Int Adv Otol 2019; 14:100-105. [PMID: 29764783 DOI: 10.5152/iao.2018.3574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to assess the parameters of choice, such as duration, intensity, rate, polarity, number of sweeps, window length, stimulated ear, fundamental frequency, first formant, and second formant, from previously published speech ABR studies. To identify candidate articles, five databases were assessed using the following keyword descriptors: speech ABR, ABR-speech, speech auditory brainstem response, auditory evoked potential to speech, speech-evoked brainstem response, and complex sounds. The search identified 1288 articles published between 2005 and 2015. After filtering the total number of papers according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 21 studies were selected. Analyzing the protocol details used in 21 studies suggested that there is no consensus to date on a speech-ABR protocol and that the parameters of analysis used are quite variable between studies. This inhibits the wider generalization and extrapolation of data across languages and studies.
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- Milaine D Sanfins
- Department of Health and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medical Sciences, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Clinic of Audiology and ENT, University of Ferrara, School of Medicine, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Health and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medical Sciences, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Health and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medical Sciences, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Health and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medical Sciences, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Heart Failure and Cardiac Rehabilitation, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland; Institute of Sensory Organs, Kajetany, Poland
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Brainstem encoding of frequency-modulated sweeps is relevant to Mandarin concurrent-vowels identification for normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners. Hear Res 2019; 380:123-136. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2019.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2018] [Revised: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Objectives: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with a variety of sensory complications. Very little attention has been given to auditory neuropathic complications in DM. The aim of this study was to determine whether type 1 DM (T1DM) affects neural coding of the rapid temporal fluctuations of sounds, and how any deficits may impact on behavioral performance. Design: Participants were 30 young normal-hearing T1DM patients, and 30 age-, sex-, and audiogram-matched healthy controls. Measurements included electrophysiological measures of auditory nerve and brainstem function using the click-evoked auditory brainstem response, and of brainstem neural temporal coding using the sustained frequency-following response (FFR); behavioral tests of temporal coding (interaural phase difference discrimination and the frequency difference limen); tests of speech perception in noise; and self-report measures of auditory disability using the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale. Results: There were no significant differences between T1DM patients and controls in the auditory brainstem response. However, the T1DM group showed significantly reduced FFRs to both temporal envelope and temporal fine structure. The T1DM group also showed significantly higher interaural phase difference and frequency difference limen thresholds, worse speech-in-noise performance, as well as lower overall Speech, Spatial and Qualities scores than the control group. Conclusions: These findings suggest that T1DM is associated with degraded neural temporal coding in the brainstem in the absence of an elevation in audiometric threshold, and that the FFR may provide an early indicator of neural damage in T1DM, before any abnormalities can be identified using standard clinical tests. However, the relation between the neural deficits and the behavioral deficits is uncertain.
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Wang LC, Liu D, Xu Z. Distinct effects of visual and auditory temporal processing training on reading and reading-related abilities in Chinese children with dyslexia. ANNALS OF DYSLEXIA 2019; 69:166-185. [PMID: 30671864 DOI: 10.1007/s11881-019-00176-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This study aimed to examine the effects of temporal processing training on the reading abilities of Chinese children with dyslexia. In total, 69 Chinese children with dyslexia in grades three through six were recruited in Taiwan. The children were divided into the following three equal groups: (1) auditory temporal processing training group, (2) visual temporal processing training group, and (3) control group with no specific training. The participants in both training groups received instruction with identical durations (30-40 min), intensities (12 times in total), and frequencies (three to four times per week). The participants in the control group were asked to independently surf some specified websites using devices similar to those used by the two experimental groups for an identical duration, intensity, and frequency. Our results indicated that the two groups who received temporal processing training exhibited significant correlations among Chinese character reading, rapid naming, and corresponding reading-related abilities, while visual temporal processing served as a significant predictor of Chinese character reading ability even if all background data, reading-related abilities, and auditory temporal processing were introduced first. Additionally, significant interactions were found between the Groups and Tested sessions in all the measures, except for phonological awareness, confirming the distinct effects of different temporal processing on most measures involved in this study. Further simple main effects revealed that only those who received the visual temporal processing training gained benefits in the corresponding reading-related ability (i.e., orthographic knowledge) and far-transfer to Chinese character reading.
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- Li-Chih Wang
- Department of Special Education and Counselling, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
- Integrated Centre for Wellbeing, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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- Department of Special Education and Counselling, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Integrated Centre for Wellbeing, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Special Education and Counselling, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Kachlicka M, Saito K, Tierney A. Successful second language learning is tied to robust domain-general auditory processing and stable neural representation of sound. BRAIN AND LANGUAGE 2019; 192:15-24. [PMID: 30831377 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2019.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Revised: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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There is a great deal of individual variability in outcome in second language learning, the sources of which are still poorly understood. We hypothesized that individual differences in auditory processing may account for some variability in second language learning. We tested this hypothesis by examining psychoacoustic thresholds, auditory-motor temporal integration, and auditory neural encoding in adult native Polish speakers living in the UK. We found that precise English vowel perception and accurate English grammatical judgment were linked to lower psychoacoustic thresholds, better auditory-motor integration, and more consistent frequency-following responses to sound. Psychoacoustic thresholds and neural sound encoding explained independent variance in vowel perception, suggesting that they are dissociable indexes of sound processing. These results suggest that individual differences in second language acquisition success stem at least in part from domain-general difficulties with auditory perception, and that auditory training could help facilitate language learning in some individuals with specific auditory impairments.
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- Magdalena Kachlicka
- Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom; Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Education, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom.
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Ribas-Prats T, Almeida L, Costa-Faidella J, Plana M, Corral M, Gómez-Roig MD, Escera C. The frequency-following response (FFR) to speech stimuli: A normative dataset in healthy newborns. Hear Res 2019; 371:28-39. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2018.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Revised: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bidelman GM. Sonification of scalp-recorded frequency-following responses (FFRs) offers improved response detection over conventional statistical metrics. J Neurosci Methods 2018; 293:59-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2017.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2017] [Revised: 08/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Van Dyke KB, Lieberman R, Presacco A, Anderson S. Development of Phase Locking and Frequency Representation in the Infant Frequency-Following Response. JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING RESEARCH : JSLHR 2017; 60:2740-2751. [PMID: 28832878 PMCID: PMC5831628 DOI: 10.1044/2017_jslhr-h-16-0263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2016] [Revised: 11/23/2016] [Accepted: 04/08/2017] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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PURPOSE This study investigates the development of phase locking and frequency representation in infants using the frequency-following response to consonant-vowel syllables. METHOD The frequency-following response was recorded in 56 infants and 15 young adults to 2 speech syllables (/ba/ and /ga/), which were presented in randomized order to the right ear. Signal-to-noise ratio and Fsp analyses were used to verify that individual responses were present above the noise floor. Thirty-six and 39 infants met these criteria for the /ba/ or /ga/ syllables, respectively, and 31 infants met the criteria for both syllables. Data were analyzed to obtain measures of phase-locking strength and spectral magnitudes. RESULTS Phase-locking strength to the fine structure in the consonant-vowel transition was higher in young adults than in infants, but phase locking was equivalent at the fundamental frequency between infants and adults. However, frequency representation of the fundamental frequency was higher in older infants than in either the younger infants or adults. CONCLUSION Although spectral amplitudes changed during the first year of life, no changes were found with respect to phase locking to the stimulus envelope. These findings demonstrate the feasibility of obtaining these measures of phase locking and fundamental pitch strength in infants as young as 2 months of age.
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- Katlyn B. Van Dyke
- Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park
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- Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park
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- Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park
- Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, University of Maryland, College Park
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- Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park
- Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, University of Maryland, College Park
- Language Science Center, University of Maryland, College Park
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Involvement of the Serotonin Transporter Gene in Accurate Subcortical Speech Encoding. J Neurosci 2017; 36:10782-10790. [PMID: 27798133 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1595-16.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2016] [Accepted: 08/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A flourishing line of evidence has highlighted the encoding of speech sounds in the subcortical auditory system as being shaped by acoustic, linguistic, and musical experience and training. And while the heritability of auditory speech as well as nonspeech processing has been suggested, the genetic determinants of subcortical speech processing have not yet been uncovered. Here, we postulated that the serotonin transporter-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR), a common functional polymorphism located in the promoter region of the serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4), is implicated in speech encoding in the human subcortical auditory pathway. Serotonin has been shown as essential for modulating the brain response to sound both cortically and subcortically, yet the genetic factors regulating this modulation regarding speech sounds have not been disclosed. We recorded the frequency following response, a biomarker of the neural tracking of speech sounds in the subcortical auditory pathway, and cortical evoked potentials in 58 participants elicited to the syllable /ba/, which was presented >2000 times. Participants with low serotonin transporter expression had higher signal-to-noise ratios as well as a higher pitch strength representation of the periodic part of the syllable than participants with medium to high expression, possibly by tuning synaptic activity to the stimulus features and hence a more efficient suppression of noise. These results imply the 5-HTTLPR in subcortical auditory speech encoding and add an important, genetically determined layer to the factors shaping the human subcortical response to speech sounds. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT The accurate encoding of speech sounds in the subcortical auditory nervous system is of paramount relevance for human communication, and it has been shown to be altered in different disorders of speech and auditory processing. Importantly, this encoding is plastic and can therefore be enhanced by language and music experience. Whether genetic factors play a role in speech encoding at the subcortical level remains unresolved. Here we show that a common polymorphism in the serotonin transporter gene relates to an accurate and robust neural tracking of speech stimuli in the subcortical auditory pathway. This indicates that serotonin transporter expression, eventually in combination with other polymorphisms, delimits the extent to which lifetime experience shapes the subcortical encoding of speech.
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Medial olivocochlear function in children with poor speech-in-noise performance and language disorder. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2017; 96:116-121. [PMID: 28390599 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Revised: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 03/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Contralateral masking of transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions is a phenomenon that suggests an inhibitory effect of the olivocochlear efferent auditory pathway. Many studies have been inconclusive in demonstrating a clear connection between this system and a behavioral speech-in-noise listening skill. The purpose of this study was to investigate the activation of a medial olivocochlear (MOC) efferent in children with poor speech-in-noise (PSIN) performance and children with language impairment and PSIN (SLI + PSIN). METHODS Transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) with and without contralateral white noise were tested in 52 children (between 6 and 12 years). These children were arranged in three groups: typical development (TD) (n = 25), PSIN (n = 14) and SLI + PSI (n = 13). RESULTS PSIN and SLI + PSI groups presented reduced otoacoustic emission suppression in comparison with the TD group. CONCLUSION Our finding suggests differences in MOC function among children with typical development and children with poor SIN and language problems.
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The Janus Face of Auditory Learning: How Life in Sound Shapes Everyday Communication. THE FREQUENCY-FOLLOWING RESPONSE 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47944-6_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Skoe E, Brody L, Theodore RM. Reading ability reflects individual differences in auditory brainstem function, even into adulthood. BRAIN AND LANGUAGE 2017; 164:25-31. [PMID: 27694016 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2016.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2016] [Revised: 08/22/2016] [Accepted: 09/03/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Research with developmental populations suggests that the maturational state of auditory brainstem encoding is linked to reading ability. Specifically, children with poor reading skills resemble biologically younger children with respect to their auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) to speech stimulation. Because ABR development continues into adolescence, it is possible that the link between ABRs and reading ability changes or resolves as the brainstem matures. To examine these possibilities, ABRs were recorded at varying presentation rates in adults with diverse, yet unimpaired reading levels. We found that reading ability in adulthood related to ABR Wave V latency, with more juvenile response morphology linked to less proficient reading ability, as has been observed for children. These data add to the evidence indicating that auditory brainstem responses serve as an index of the sound-based skills that underlie reading, even into adulthood.
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- Erika Skoe
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Connecticut, 850 Bolton Road, Unit 1085, Storrs, CT 06269, United States; Connecticut Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Connecticut, 337 Mansfield Road, Unit 1272, Storrs, CT 06269, United States.
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Connecticut, 850 Bolton Road, Unit 1085, Storrs, CT 06269, United States.
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Connecticut, 850 Bolton Road, Unit 1085, Storrs, CT 06269, United States; Connecticut Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Connecticut, 337 Mansfield Road, Unit 1272, Storrs, CT 06269, United States.
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Sanfins MD, Borges LR, Ubiali T, Donadon C, Diniz Hein TA, Hatzopoulos S, Colella-Santos MF. Speech-evoked brainstem response in normal adolescent and children speakers of Brazilian Portuguese. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2016; 90:12-19. [PMID: 27729117 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2016.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Revised: 08/24/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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This study aimed to analyze the coding responses of speech sounds (syllable/da/) in children and adolescent speakers of Brazilian Portuguese with typical development and normal hearing, aged between 8 and 16 years, in order to establish normative data of speech ABR response. This normative data can be used as a reference for speech ABR responses and also to enable the diagnosis in individuals with different pathologies. The analyze for absolute latency of speech sounds, more specifically the syllable/da/, for speech-ABR in children and adolescent speakers of Brazilian Portuguese with typical development were: right ear - wave V (6,43-6,57), wave A (7,35-7,57), wave C (18,19-18,46), wave D (21,99-22,42), wave E (30,73-31,05), wave F (39,19-39,55) and wave O (47,75-48,24) and left ear - wave V (6,44-6,57), wave A (7,36-7,59), wave C (18,26-18,55), wave D (22,22 -22,50), wave E (30,58-30,97), wave F (39,05-39,35) and wave O (47,78-48,13). For the amplitude values (μv), the responses were within the following ranges: right ear - wave V (0,10-0,14), wave A (0,19-0,25), wave C (0,08-0,13), wave D (0,11-0,17), wave E (0,17-0,42), wave F (0,14-0,33) and wave O (0,11-0,31) and left ear - wave V (0,09-0,13), wave A (0,08-0,23), wave C (0,08-0,14), wave D (0,10-0,15), wave E (0,20-0,26), wave F (0,16-0,22) and wave O (0,12-0,20). For the values of complex VA (slope: μv/ms and area μv x ms) the follow values obtained were: right ear - slope (0,32-0,42) and area (0,29-0,38) and left ear - slope (0,30-0,39) and area (0,27-0,35).
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- Milaine Dominici Sanfins
- Child and Adolescent Heath Program, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Child and Adolescent Heath Program, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Child and Adolescent Heath Program, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Child and Adolescent Heath Program, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Child and Adolescent Heath Program, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Child and Adolescent Heath Program, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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Auditory Processing Disorder: Biological Basis and Treatment Efficacy. TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH IN AUDIOLOGY, NEUROTOLOGY, AND THE HEARING SCIENCES 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40848-4_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Early auditory temporal processing abilities are important for language acquisition and for later reading abilities. In the present study, auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) were recorded in a forward-masking paradigm in healthy, full-term infants aged 6 weeks (n = 111) and 9 months (n = 62). Our purpose was to establish normative values of forward-masking ABRs and investigate the development of auditory temporal processing in infants at these ages. Infants were presented with pairs of stimuli (an initial “masker” followed by a “probe”) separated by different time intervals (8, 16, and 64 ms). Results showed that as masker-probe intervals became longer and as infants got older, Wave V latency to the probe shortened. The greatest improvements in Wave V latencies from 6 weeks to 9 months of age were observed in the 64-ms masker-probe interval, suggesting that central auditory nervous system related to the temporal processing at this interval might undergo rapid development during the first year of life.
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Rocha-Muniz CN, Befi-Lopes DM, Schochat E. Mismatch negativity in children with specific language impairment and auditory processing disorder. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 2015; 81:408-15. [PMID: 26142650 PMCID: PMC9442763 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2014.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Introduction Mismatch negativity, an electrophysiological measure, evaluates the brain's capacity to discriminate sounds, regardless of attentional and behavioral capacity. Thus, this auditory event-related potential is promising in the study of the neurophysiological basis underlying auditory processing. Objective To investigate complex acoustic signals (speech) encoded in the auditory nervous system of children with specific language impairment and compare with children with auditory processing disorders and typical development through the mismatch negativity paradigm. Methods It was a prospective study. 75 children (6–12 years) participated in this study: 25 children with specific language impairment, 25 with auditory processing disorders, and 25 with typical development. Mismatch negativity was obtained by subtracting from the waves obtained by the stimuli /ga/ (frequent) and /da/ (rare). Measures of mismatch negativity latency and two amplitude measures were analyzed. Results It was possible to verify an absence of mismatch negativity in 16% children with specific language impairment and 24% children with auditory processing disorders. In the comparative analysis, auditory processing disorders and specific language impairment showed higher latency values and lower amplitude values compared to typical development. Conclusion These data demonstrate changes in the automatic discrimination of crucial acoustic components of speech sounds in children with specific language impairment and auditory processing disorders. It could indicate problems in physiological processes responsible for ensuring the discrimination of acoustic contrasts in pre-attentional and pre-conscious levels, contributing to poor perception.
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Clinard CG, Cotter CM. Neural representation of dynamic frequency is degraded in older adults. Hear Res 2015; 323:91-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2015.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Revised: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Seasonal plasticity in auditory processing of the envelope and temporal fine structure of sounds in three songbirds. Anim Behav 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.01.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Bidelman GM. Multichannel recordings of the human brainstem frequency-following response: Scalp topography, source generators, and distinctions from the transient ABR. Hear Res 2015; 323:68-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2015.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2014] [Revised: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Kumar Neupane A, Gururaj K, Mehta G, Sinha SK. Effect of Repetition Rate on Speech Evoked Auditory Brainstem Response in Younger and Middle Aged Individuals. Audiol Res 2014; 4:106. [PMID: 26557355 PMCID: PMC4627139 DOI: 10.4081/audiores.2014.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2014] [Revised: 07/03/2014] [Accepted: 07/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Speech evoked auditory brainstem responses depicts the neural encoding of speech at the level of brainstem. This study was designed to evaluate the neural encoding of speech at the brainstem in younger population and middle-aged population at three different repetition rates (6.9, 10.9 and 15.4). Speech evoked auditory brainstem response was recorded from 84 participants (young participants=42, middle aged participants=42) with normal hearing sensitivity. The latency of wave V and amplitude of the fundamental frequency, first formant frequency and second formant frequency was calculated. Results showed that the latency of wave V was prolonged for middle-aged individuals for all three-repetition rates compared to the younger participants. The results of the present study also revealed that there was no difference in encoding of fundamental frequency between middle aged and younger individuals at any of the repetition rates. However, increase in repetition rate did affect the encoding of the fundamental frequency in middle-aged individuals. The above results suggest a differential effect of repetition rate on wave V latency and encoding of fundamental frequency. Further, it was noticed that repetition rate did not affect the amplitude of first formant frequency or second formant frequency in middle aged participants compared to the younger participants.
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- All India Institute of Speech and Hearing , Manasagangothri, India
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- All India Institute of Speech and Hearing , Manasagangothri, India
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Parthasarathy A, Datta J, Torres JAL, Hopkins C, Bartlett EL. Age-related changes in the relationship between auditory brainstem responses and envelope-following responses. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2014; 15:649-61. [PMID: 24845405 PMCID: PMC4141432 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-014-0460-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 04/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Hearing thresholds and wave amplitudes measured using auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) to brief sounds are the predominantly used clinical measures to objectively assess auditory function. However, frequency-following responses (FFRs) to tonal carriers and to the modulation envelope (envelope-following responses or EFRs) to longer and spectro-temporally modulated stimuli are rapidly gaining prominence as a measure of complex sound processing in the brainstem and midbrain. In spite of numerous studies reporting changes in hearing thresholds, ABR wave amplitudes, and the FFRs and EFRs under neurodegenerative conditions, including aging, the relationships between these metrics are not clearly understood. In this study, the relationships between ABR thresholds, ABR wave amplitudes, and EFRs are explored in a rodent model of aging. ABRs to broadband click stimuli and EFRs to sinusoidally amplitude-modulated noise carriers were measured in young (3-6 months) and aged (22-25 months) Fischer-344 rats. ABR thresholds and amplitudes of the different waves as well as phase-locking amplitudes of EFRs were calculated. Age-related differences were observed in all these measures, primarily as increases in ABR thresholds and decreases in ABR wave amplitudes and EFR phase-locking capacity. There were no observed correlations between the ABR thresholds and the ABR wave amplitudes. Significant correlations between the EFR amplitudes and ABR wave amplitudes were observed across a range of modulation frequencies in the young. However, no such significant correlations were found in the aged. The aged click ABR amplitudes were found to be lower than would be predicted using a linear regression model of the young, suggesting altered gain mechanisms in the relationship between ABRs and FFRs with age. These results suggest that ABR thresholds, ABR wave amplitudes, and EFRs measure complementary aspects of overlapping neurophysiological processes and the relationships between these measurements changes asymmetrically with age. Hence, measuring all three metrics provides a more complete assessment of auditory function, especially under pathological conditions like aging.
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- Aravindakshan Parthasarathy
- />Department of Biological Sciences and the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, 206 S. Martin Jischke Drive, 47907 West Lafayette, IN USA
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- />Department of Statistics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN USA
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- />Department of Public Health, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL USA
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- />Department of Biological Sciences and the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, 206 S. Martin Jischke Drive, 47907 West Lafayette, IN USA
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Stevens C, Paulsen D, Yasen A, Neville H. Atypical auditory refractory periods in children from lower socio-economic status backgrounds: ERP evidence for a role of selective attention. Int J Psychophysiol 2014; 95:156-66. [PMID: 25003553 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2013] [Revised: 06/13/2014] [Accepted: 06/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Previous neuroimaging studies indicate that lower socio-economic status (SES) is associated with reduced effects of selective attention on auditory processing. Here, we investigated whether lower SES is also associated with differences in a stimulus-driven aspect of auditory processing: the neural refractory period, or reduced amplitude response at faster rates of stimulus presentation. Thirty-two children aged 3 to 8 years participated, and were divided into two SES groups based on maternal education. Event-related brain potentials were recorded to probe stimuli presented at interstimulus intervals (ISIs) of 200, 500, or 1000 ms. These probes were superimposed on story narratives when attended and ignored, permitting a simultaneous experimental manipulation of selective attention. Results indicated that group differences in refractory periods differed as a function of attention condition. Children from higher SES backgrounds showed full neural recovery by 500 ms for attended stimuli, but required at least 1000 ms for unattended stimuli. In contrast, children from lower SES backgrounds showed similar refractory effects to attended and unattended stimuli, with full neural recovery by 500 ms. Thus, in higher SES children only, one functional consequence of selective attention is attenuation of the response to unattended stimuli, particularly at rapid ISIs, altering basic properties of the auditory refractory period. Together, these data indicate that differences in selective attention impact basic aspects of auditory processing in children from lower SES backgrounds.
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- Courtney Stevens
- Willamette University, Department of Psychology, 900 State Street, Salem, OR 97301, United States.
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- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 121 Meyran Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
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- Willamette University, Department of Psychology, 900 State Street, Salem, OR 97301, United States
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- University of Oregon, Department of Psychology, 1227 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, United States
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Buss E, Hall JW, Porter H, Grose JH. Gap detection in school-age children and adults: effects of inherent envelope modulation and the availability of cues across frequency. JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING RESEARCH : JSLHR 2014; 57:1098-1107. [PMID: 24686553 PMCID: PMC4136410 DOI: 10.1044/2014_jslhr-h-13-0132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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PURPOSE The present study evaluated the effects of inherent envelope modulation and the availability of cues across frequency on behavioral gap detection with noise-band stimuli in school-age children. METHOD Listeners were 34 normal-hearing children (ages 5.2-15.6 years) and 12 normal-hearing adults (ages 18.5-28.8 years). Stimuli were continuous bands of noise centered on 2000 Hz, either 1000- or 25-Hz wide. In addition to Gaussian noise at these bandwidths, there were conditions using 25-Hz-wide noise bands modified to either accentuate or minimize inherent envelope modulation (staccato and low-fluctuation noise, respectively). RESULTS Within the 25-Hz-wide conditions, adults' gap detection thresholds were highest in the staccato, lower in the Gaussian, and lowest in the low-fluctuation noise. Similar trends were evident in children's thresholds, although inherent envelope modulation had a smaller effect on children than on adults. Whereas adults' thresholds were comparable for the 1000-Hz-wide Gaussian and 25-Hz-wide low-fluctuation stimulus, children's performance converged on adults' performance at a younger age for the 1000-Hz-wide Gaussian stimulus. CONCLUSIONS Results are consistent with the idea that children are less susceptible to the disruptive effects of inherent envelope modulation than adults when detecting a gap in a narrow-band noise. Further, the ability to use spectrally distributed gap detection cues appears to mature relatively early in childhood.
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Rocha-Muniz CN, Zachi EC, Teixeira RAA, Ventura DF, Befi DM, Schochat E. Association between language development and auditory processing disorders1. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 2014; 80:231-6. [PMID: 25153108 PMCID: PMC9535489 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2014.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2013] [Accepted: 01/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Introduction It is crucial to understand the complex processing of acoustic stimuli along the auditory pathway; comprehension of this complex processing can facilitate our understanding of the processes that underlie normal and altered human communication. Aim To investigate the performance and lateralization effects on auditory processing assessment in children with specific language impairment (SLI), relating these findings to those obtained in children with auditory processing disorder (APD) and typical development (TD). Material and methods Prospective study. Seventy-five children, aged 6-12 years, were separated in three groups: 25 children with SLI, 25 children with APD, and 25 children with TD. All went through the following tests: speech-in-noise test, Dichotic Digit test and Pitch Pattern Sequencing test. Results The effects of lateralization were observed only in the SLI group, with the left ear presenting much lower scores than those presented to the right ear. The inter-group analysis has shown that in all tests children from APD and SLI groups had significantly poorer performance compared to TD group. Moreover, SLI group presented worse results than APD group. Conclusion This study has shown, in children with SLI, an inefficient processing of essential sound components and an effect of lateralization. These findings may indicate that neural processes (required for auditory processing) are different between auditory processing and speech disorders.
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Leite RA, Wertzner HF, Gonçalves IC, Magliaro FCL, Matas CG. Auditory evoked potentials: predicting speech therapy outcomes in children with phonological disorders. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2014; 69:212-8. [PMID: 24626949 PMCID: PMC3935129 DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2014(03)12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Revised: 08/16/2013] [Accepted: 09/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES This study investigated whether neurophysiologic responses (auditory evoked potentials) differ between typically developed children and children with phonological disorders and whether these responses are modified in children with phonological disorders after speech therapy. METHODS The participants included 24 typically developing children (Control Group, mean age: eight years and ten months) and 23 children clinically diagnosed with phonological disorders (Study Group, mean age: eight years and eleven months). Additionally, 12 study group children were enrolled in speech therapy (Study Group 1), and 11 were not enrolled in speech therapy (Study Group 2). The subjects were submitted to the following procedures: conventional audiological, auditory brainstem response, auditory middle-latency response, and P300 assessments. All participants presented with normal hearing thresholds. The study group 1 subjects were reassessed after 12 speech therapy sessions, and the study group 2 subjects were reassessed 3 months after the initial assessment. Electrophysiological results were compared between the groups. RESULTS Latency differences were observed between the groups (the control and study groups) regarding the auditory brainstem response and the P300 tests. Additionally, the P300 responses improved in the study group 1 children after speech therapy. CONCLUSION The findings suggest that children with phonological disorders have impaired auditory brainstem and cortical region pathways that may benefit from speech therapy.
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