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Cancel VE, McHaney JR, Milne V, Palmer C, Parthasarathy A. A data-driven approach to identify a rapid screener for auditory processing disorder testing referrals in adults. Sci Rep 2023; 13:13636. [PMID: 37604867 PMCID: PMC10442397 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-40645-0] [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: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023] Open
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Hearing thresholds form the gold standard assessment in Audiology clinics. However, ~ 10% of adult patients seeking audiological care for self-perceived hearing deficits have thresholds that are normal. Currently, a diagnostic assessment for auditory processing disorder (APD) remains one of the few viable avenues of further care for this patient population, yet there are no standard guidelines for referrals. Here, we identified tests within the APD testing battery that could provide a rapid screener to inform APD referrals in adults. We first analyzed records from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Audiology database to identify adult patients with self-perceived hearing difficulties despite normal audiometric thresholds. We then looked at the patients who were referred for APD testing. We examined test performances, correlational relationships, and classification accuracies. Patients experienced most difficulties within the dichotic domain of testing. Additionally, accuracies calculated from sensitivities and specificities revealed the words-in-noise (WIN), the Random Dichotic Digits Task (RDDT) and Quick Speech in Noise (QuickSIN) tests had the highest classification accuracies. The addition of these tests have the greatest promise as a quick screener during routine audiological assessments to help identify adult patients who may be referred for APD assessment and resulting treatment plans.
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- Victoria E Cancel
- Department of Communication Science and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 5060A Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
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- Department of Communication Science and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 5060A Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Communication Science and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 5060A Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
- Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Communication Science and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 5060A Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
- Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Communication Science and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 5060A Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA.
- Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
- Department of BioEngineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Cooper HE, Halliday LF, Bamiou DE, Mankad K, Clark CA. Brain structure correlates with auditory function in children diagnosed with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder. Brain Behav 2022; 12:e2773. [PMID: 36184939 PMCID: PMC9660490 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.2773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) is a term for a collection of test results which indicate disruption of the auditory signal at some point along the neural pathway. This results in a spectrum of functional outcomes, ranging from reasonably normal hearing to profound hearing loss. This study assessed brain structure changes and behavioral correlates in children diagnosed with ANSD. METHODS Seventeen children who had previously been diagnosed with ANSD were recruited to the study and underwent a battery of behavioral measures of hearing, language, and communication, along with structural MR imaging. Analysis of cortical thickness of temporal lobe structures was carried out using FreeSurfer. Tract-based spatial statistics were performed on standard diffusion parameters of fractional anisotropy and diffusivity metrics. The control group comprised imaging data taken from a library of MRI scans from neurologically normal children. Control images were matched as closely as possible to the ANSD group for age and sex. RESULTS Reductions in right temporal lobe cortical thickness were observed in children with ANSD compared to controls. Increases in medial diffusivity in areas including the corpus callosum and in the right occipital white matter were also seen in the group with ANSD compared to controls. Speech perception abilities, both in quiet and in noise, were correlated with cortical thickness measurements for several temporal lobe structures in children with ANSD, and relationships were also seen between diffusion metrics and measures of auditory function. CONCLUSION This study shows that children with ANSD have structural brain differences compared to healthy controls. It also demonstrates associations between brain structure and behavioral hearing abilities in children diagnosed with ANSD. These results show that there is a potential for structural imaging to be used as a biomarker in this population with the possibility of predicting functional hearing outcome.
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- Hannah E Cooper
- Developmental Imaging and Biophysics Section, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK.,Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL Ear Institute, University College London, London, UK.,Audiology Department, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Reading, UK
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- MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL Ear Institute, University College London, London, UK.,National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- Developmental Imaging and Biophysics Section, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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Alvand A, Kuruvilla-Mathew A, Kirk IJ, Roberts RP, Pedersen M, Purdy SC. Altered brain network topology in children with auditory processing disorder: A resting-state multi-echo fMRI study. NEUROIMAGE: CLINICAL 2022; 35:103139. [PMID: 36002970 PMCID: PMC9421544 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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A graph-theoretical approach was used to assess the functional topology in APD. Brain networks in APD are similarly integrated and segregated compared to HCs. Children with APD have different hub organization. Significant group differences were found in the PC measure in the bilateral STG. Regional differences observed within the DMN indicate multimodal roles in APD.
Children with auditory processing disorder (APD) experience hearing difficulties, particularly in the presence of competing sounds, despite having normal audiograms. There is considerable debate on whether APD symptoms originate from bottom-up (e.g., auditory sensory processing) and/or top-down processing (e.g., cognitive, language, memory). A related issue is that little is known about whether functional brain network topology is altered in APD. Therefore, we used resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data to investigate the functional brain network organization of 57 children from 8 to 14 years old, diagnosed with APD (n = 28) and without hearing difficulties (healthy control, HC; n = 29). We applied complex network analysis using graph theory to assess the whole-brain integration and segregation of functional networks and brain hub architecture. Our results showed children with APD and HC have similar global network properties –i.e., an average of all brain regions– and modular organization. Still, the APD group showed different hub architecture in default mode-ventral attention, somatomotor and frontoparietal-dorsal attention modules. At the nodal level –i.e., single-brain regions–, we observed decreased participation coefficient (PC – a measure quantifying the diversity of between-network connectivity) in auditory cortical regions in APD, including bilateral superior temporal gyrus and left middle temporal gyrus. Beyond auditory regions, PC was also decreased in APD in bilateral posterior temporo-occipital cortices, left intraparietal sulcus, and right posterior insular cortex. Correlation analysis suggested a positive association between PC in the left parahippocampal gyrus and the listening-in-spatialized-noise -sentences task where APD children were engaged in auditory perception. In conclusion, our findings provide evidence of altered brain network organization in children with APD, specific to auditory networks, and shed new light on the neural systems underlying children's listening difficulties.
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- Ashkan Alvand
- School of Psychology, Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Eisdell Moore Centre, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- School of Psychology, Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Eisdell Moore Centre, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- School of Psychology, Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Eisdell Moore Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; Centre for Brain Research, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- School of Psychology, Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Centre for Brain Research, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- School of Psychology and Neuroscience, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- School of Psychology, Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Eisdell Moore Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; Centre for Brain Research, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Pascoinelli AT, Schochat E, Murphy CFB. Executive Function and Sensory Processing in Dichotic Listening of Young Adults with Listening Difficulties. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10184255. [PMID: 34575365 PMCID: PMC8469234 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10184255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Revised: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Previous studies have suggested that varying attention demands in dichotic listening (DL) tasks might be a clinically feasible method to distinguish ‘bottom-up’ from ‘top-down’ deficits in listening. This study aims to investigate DL processing in adults with listening difficulties (LD). We assessed the performance of a listening difficulties group (LDG) (n = 24, mean age = 24, backward digit span = 4.0) and a control group (CG) (n = 25, mean age = 29.2, backward digit span = 6.4) in DL tests involving non-forced and both right and left-forced attention. The results indicated an overall significantly worse performance of LDG compared to the CG, which was greater for forced-left condition. This same result was observed when controlling for working memory (WM) variance. Both groups presented an overall right ear advantage with no difference in terms of the magnitude of advantage. These results indicate that LD presented by the LDG might be due to a combination of sensory and cognitive deficits, with emphasis on the cognitive component. However, the WM, although impaired in the LDG group, was not the main factor in segregating both groups. The role of the additional cognitive processes such as inhibitory control in LD is discussed.
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Fisher JAN, Gumenchuk I, Rogovin OS, Yodh AG, Busch DR. Asymmetric, dynamic adaptation in prefrontal cortex during dichotic listening tasks. NEUROPHOTONICS 2020; 7:045008. [PMID: 33163546 PMCID: PMC7641958 DOI: 10.1117/1.nph.7.4.045008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Significance: Speech processing tasks can be used to assess the integrity and health of many functional and structural aspects of the brain. Despite the potential merits of such behavioral tests as clinical assessment tools, however, the underlying neural substrates remain relatively unclear. Aim: We aimed to obtain a more in-depth portrait of hemispheric asymmetry during dichotic listening tasks at the level of the prefrontal cortex, where prior studies have reported inconsistent results. Approach: To avoid central confounds that limited previous studies, we used diffuse correlation spectroscopy to optically monitor cerebral blood flow (CBF) in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during dichotic listening tasks in human subjects. Results: We found that dichotic listening tasks elicited hemispheric asymmetries in both amplitude as well as kinetics. When listening task blocks were repeated, there was an accommodative reduction in the response amplitude of the left, but not the right hemisphere. Conclusions: These heretofore unobserved trends depict a more nuanced portrait of the functional asymmetry that has been observed previously. To our knowledge, these results additionally represent the first direct measurements of CBF during a speech processing task recommended by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association for diagnosing auditory processing disorders.
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- Jonathan A. N. Fisher
- New York Medical College, Department of Physiology, Valhalla, New York, United States
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- New York Medical College, Department of Physiology, Valhalla, New York, United States
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- New York Medical College, Department of Physiology, Valhalla, New York, United States
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- University of Pennsylvania, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Dallas, Texas, United States
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Dallas, Texas, United States
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Ferreira GC, Costa MJ. Variability of the dichotic sentence test in the test and retest of normal hearing adults. Codas 2020; 32:e20190040. [PMID: 32609223 DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/20202019040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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PURPOSE to investigate the variability of the Dichotic Sentence Test through the test and retest in normal-hearing adults. METHOD We evaluated thirty-six individuals aged 19 to 44 years old, right-handed and with normal hearing thresholds. We performed the basic audiological evaluation and then we applied the Dichotic Digit Test and Dichotic Sentence Test. The test and retest had two sessions, with an interval from 30 to 40 days, in the same shift. RESULTS In the integration task, there was an advantage of the right ear in both evaluation sessions. There was no significant difference between the measures obtained in the right ear in the two evaluation sessions, while in the left ear, we found a significant difference. In the analysis of the differences in ears between the test and the retest, we found that 64% of the individuals kept the same result in the right ear, while in the left one, only 36% of the individuals kept the same result in both stages and 44% showed a 10% difference between the two evaluations. We observed moderate positive correlation for both the right ear (r=0.420) and the left ear (r=0.550), with a tendency to improve retest scores. In the separation task, there was a small variability only in the left ear, also with improved retest scores. CONCLUSION There was a significant difference between the measures obtained in the test and retest only in the integration task in the left ear, but there was a moderate positive correlation between the measures obtained in the two evaluation sessions, showing a tendency to improve scores in the second evaluation session.
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Speech Perception, Dichotic Listening, and Ear Advantage in Simultaneous Bilateral Cochlear Implanted Children. Otol Neurotol 2020; 41:e208-e215. [DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000002456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Motlagh Zadeh L, Jalilvand Karimi L, Silbert NH. Bilingualism leads to greater auditory capacity. Int J Audiol 2019; 57:831-837. [PMID: 30403921 DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2018.1516896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The objective of this article is to investigate the effects of bilingualism on auditory capacity of young adults using a dichotic consonant-vowel (CV) test. Listeners were asked to identify distinct CVs dichotically presented to each ear through headphones. CV identification accuracy in both ears served as a measure of auditory capacity of listeners. Eighty normal hearing participants including 40 bilinguals (23 males and 17 females) and 40 monolinguals (11 males and 29 females) were used as study sample. Members of the bilingual group acquired their second language before entering elementary school. The bilingual listeners had higher mean both-ear-correct scores than did monolingual listeners, indicating a greater auditory capacity in the bilingual group than in the monolingual group. The finding of greater auditory capacity in bilinguals using a task requiring divided attention reflects greater ability to store and recall auditory information in bilinguals. However, the inconsistency of results across studies of bilingual advantages indicates that there is a need for further research in this area using both linguistic and non-linguistic tasks and considering age of acquisition as a possible moderating variable.
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- Lina Motlagh Zadeh
- a Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders , University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati , OH , USA
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- b Department of Audiology , Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran
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- a Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders , University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati , OH , USA
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Bhatt IS, Wang J. Evaluation of dichotic listening performance in normal-hearing, noise-exposed young females. Hear Res 2019; 380:10-21. [PMID: 31167151 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2019.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Revised: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/26/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Recent animal studies have shown that intense noise exposures that produce robust temporary threshold shift (TTS) can inflict irreversible damage to the synaptic connections between the inner hair cells and auditory neurons. It was hypothesized that noise-induced cochlear synaptopathy may cause impaired acoustic encoding in the central auditory nervous system leading to impaired speech perception, particularly in challenging listening situations. The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of high noise exposure background (NEB) on dichotic listening performance, speech-in-noise performance, and auditory brainstem responses (ABR) measured in young females with normal audiograms. The central hypothesis was that individuals with high NEB would exhibit reduced ABR wave I amplitude and subsequently would exhibit poorer performance on speech-in-noise and dichotic listening. In a sample of 32 females (14 with high NEB and 18 with low NEB) aged 18-35 years, the study compared behavioral hearing thresholds (from 250 to 16000 Hz), distortion-product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs, 1000-16000 Hz), click-evoked ABR, QuickSIN signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) loss and dichotic digit test (DDT). The results showed no clear association between NEB, and hearing thresholds, DPOAEs, click-evoked ABR measures, and QuickSIN SNR loss. Individuals with high NEB revealed significantly lower DDT scores and evidence of reduced right ear advantage compared to individuals with low NEB. The poorer performance in DDT and the ear asymmetry in DDT scores with normal ABR findings suggest that high NEB might alter the hemispheric organization of speech-sound processing and cognitive control. The clinical significance of the present findings is discussed.
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- Ishan Sunilkumar Bhatt
- Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.
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- Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA
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Multiple Sclerosis: Left Advantage for Auditory Laterality in Dichotic Tests of Central Auditory Processing and Relationship of Psychoacoustic Tests With the Multiple Sclerosis Disability Scale-EDSS. ACTA OTORRINOLARINGOLOGICA ESPANOLA 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.otoeng.2018.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Magimairaj BM, Nagaraj NK. Working Memory and Auditory Processing in School-Age Children. Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 2018; 49:409-423. [DOI: 10.1044/2018_lshss-17-0099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Purpose
Our goal is to present the relationships between working memory (WM) and auditory processing abilities in school-age children.
Review and Discussion
We begin with an overview of auditory processing, the conceptualization of auditory processing disorder, and the assessment of auditory processing abilities in children. Next, we describe a model of WM and a model of auditory processing followed by their comparison. Evidence for the relationships between WM and auditory processing abilities in school-age children follows. Specifically, we present evidence for the association (or lack thereof) between WM/attention and auditory processing test performance.
Clinical Implications
In conclusion, we describe a new framework for understanding auditory processing abilities in children based on integrated evidence from cognitive science, hearing science, and language science. We also discuss clinical implications in children that could inform future research.
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- Beula M. Magimairaj
- Cognition and Language Lab, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Central Arkansas, Conway
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- Cognitive Hearing Science Lab, Audiology and Speech Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/University of Arkansas at Little Rock
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Delphi M, Zamiri Abdollahi F. Dichotic training in children with auditory processing disorder. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2018; 110:114-117. [PMID: 29859570 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2018.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2018] [Revised: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Several test batteries have been suggested for auditory processing disorder (APD) diagnosis. One of the important tests is dichotic listening tests. Significant ear asymmetry (usually right ear advantage) can be indicative of (APD). Two main trainings have been suggested for dichotic listening disorders: Differential Interaural Intensity Difference (DIID) and Dichotic Offset Training (DOT). The aim of the present study was comparing the efficacy of these two trainings in resolving dichotic listening disorders. METHODS 12 children in the age range of 8 to 9 years old with APD were included (mean age 8.41 years old±0.51). They all had abnormal right ear advantage based on established age-appropriate norms for Farsi dichotic digit test. Then subjects were randomly divided into two groups (each contained 6 subjects): group 1 received DIID training (8.33 years old ±0.51) and group 2 received DOT training (8.50 years old±0.54). RESULTS Both trainings were effective in improvement of dichotic listening. There was a significant difference between two trainings with respect to the length of treatment (P-value≤0.001). DOT needed more training sessions (12.83±0.98 sessions) than DIID (21.16±0.75 sessions) to achieve the same amount of performance improvement. CONCLUSION Based on the present study it can be assumed that DOT might be a good replacement for DIID training in cases that DIID is not applicable and DIID candidacy conditions are not met. To generalize the results, studies with larger sample sizes are recommended.
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- Maryam Delphi
- Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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Peñaloza López YR, Orozco Peña XD, Pérez Ruiz SJ. Multiple sclerosis: Left advantage for auditory laterality in dichotic tests of central auditory processing and relationship of psychoacoustic tests with the Multiple Sclerosis Disability Scale-EDSS. ACTA OTORRINOLARINGOLOGICA ESPANOLA 2018; 69:325-330. [PMID: 29625726 DOI: 10.1016/j.otorri.2017.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Revised: 10/25/2017] [Accepted: 11/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the central auditory processing disorders in patients with multiple sclerosis, emphasizing auditory laterality by applying psychoacoustic tests and to identify their relationship with the Multiple Sclerosis Disability Scale (EDSS) functions. METHOD Depression scales (HADS), EDSS, and 9 psychoacoustic tests to study CAPD were applied to 26 individuals with multiple sclerosis and 26 controls. Correlation tests were performed between the EDSS and psychoacoustic tests. RESULTS Seven out of 9 psychoacoustic tests were significantly different (P<.05); right or left (14/19 explorations) with respect to control. In dichotic digits there was a left-ear advantage compared to the usual predominance of RDD. There was significant correlation in five psychoacoustic tests and the specific functions of EDSS. CONCLUSION The left-ear advantage detected and interpreted as an expression of deficient influences of the corpus callosum and attention in multiple sclerosis should be investigated. There was a correlation between psychoacoustic tests and specific EDSS functions.
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- Yolanda Rebeca Peñaloza López
- Área de Procesos Centrales de la Audición. Investigación y Audiología; Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, Ciudad de México, México.
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- Área de Procesos Centrales de la Audición. Investigación y Audiología; Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, Ciudad de México, México
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- Centro de Ciencias Aplicadas y Desarrollo Tecnológico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
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Zhang Y, Mao Z, Feng S, Liu X, Zhang J, Yu X. Monaural-driven Functional Changes within and Beyond the Auditory Cortical Network: Evidence from Long-term Unilateral Hearing Impairment. Neuroscience 2017; 371:296-308. [PMID: 29253520 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2017] [Revised: 12/06/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Long-term unilateral hearing impairment (UHI) results in changes in hearing and psychoacoustic performance that are likely related to cortical reorganization. However, the underlying functional changes in the brain are not yet fully understood. Here, we studied alterations in inter- and intra-hemispheric resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) in 38 patients with long-term UHI caused by acoustic neuroma. Resting-state fMRI data from 17 patients with left-sided hearing impairment (LHI), 21 patients with right-sided hearing impairment (RHI) and 21 healthy controls (HCs) were collected. We applied voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivity analysis to investigate the interhemispheric interactions. To study alterations in between-network interactions, we used four cytoarchitectonically identified subregions in the auditory cortex as "seeds" for whole-brain RSFC analysis. We found that long-term imbalanced auditory input to the brain resulted in (1) enhanced interhemispheric RSFC between the contralateral and ipsilateral auditory networks and (2) differential patterns of altered RSFCs with other sensory (visual and somatomotor) and higher-order (default mode and ventral attention) networks among the four auditory cortical subregions. These altered RSFCs within and beyond the auditory network were dependent on the side of hearing impairment. The results were reproducible when the analysis was restricted to patients with severe-to-profound UHI and patients with hearing-impairment durations greater than 24 months. Together, we demonstrated that long-term UHI drove cortical functional changes within and beyond the auditory network, providing empirical evidence for the association between brain changes and hearing disorders.
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- Yanyang Zhang
- Department of Neurosurgery, PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Radiology, PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.
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Shaikh MA, Fox-Thomas L, Tucker D. Maturational Changes in Ear Advantage for Monaural Word Recognition in Noise Among Listeners with Central Auditory Processing Disorders. Audiol Res 2017; 7:157. [PMID: 28286635 PMCID: PMC5337817 DOI: 10.4081/audiores.2017.157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Revised: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 01/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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This study aimed to investigate differences between ears in performance on a monaural word recognition in noise test among individuals across a broad range of ages assessed for (C)APD. Word recognition scores in quiet and in speech noise were collected retrospectively from the medical files of 107 individuals between the ages of 7 and 30 years who were diagnosed with (C)APD. No ear advantage was found on the word recognition in noise task in groups less than ten years. Performance in both ears was equally poor. Right ear performance improved across age groups, with scores of individuals above age 10 years falling within the normal range. In contrast, left ear performance remained essentially stable and in the impaired range across all age groups. Findings indicate poor left hemispheric dominance for speech perception in noise in children below the age of 10 years with (C)APD. However, a right ear advantage on this monaural speech in noise task was observed for individuals 10 years and older.
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- Mohsin Ahmed Shaikh
- Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania , USA
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of North Carolina at Greensboro , USA
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of North Carolina at Greensboro , USA
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de Wit E, Visser-Bochane MI, Steenbergen B, van Dijk P, van der Schans CP, Luinge MR. Characteristics of Auditory Processing Disorders: A Systematic Review. JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING RESEARCH : JSLHR 2016; 59:384-413. [PMID: 27082630 DOI: 10.1044/2015_jslhr-h-15-0118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Accepted: 08/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this review article is to describe characteristics of auditory processing disorders (APD) by evaluating the literature in which children with suspected or diagnosed APD were compared with typically developing children and to determine whether APD must be regarded as a deficit specific to the auditory modality or as a multimodal deficit. METHOD Six electronic databases were searched for peer-reviewed studies investigating children with (suspected) APD in comparison with typically developing peers. Relevant studies were independently reviewed and appraised by 2 reviewers. Methodological quality was quantified using the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's levels of evidence. RESULTS Fifty-three relevant studies were identified. Five studies were excluded because of weak internal validity. In total, 48 studies were included, of which only 1 was classified as having strong methodological quality. Significant dissimilarities were found between children referred with listening difficulties and controls. These differences relate to auditory and visual functioning, cognition, language, reading, and physiological and neuroimaging measures. CONCLUSIONS Methodological quality of most of the incorporated studies was rated moderate due to the heterogeneous groups of participants, inadequate descriptions of participants, and the omission of valid and reliable measurements. The listening difficulties of children with APD may be a consequence of cognitive, language, and attention issues rather than bottom-up auditory processing.
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Levman J, Takahashi E. Multivariate analyses applied to fetal, neonatal and pediatric MRI of neurodevelopmental disorders. Neuroimage Clin 2015; 9:532-44. [PMID: 26640765 PMCID: PMC4625213 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2015.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2015] [Revised: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Multivariate analysis (MVA) is a class of statistical and pattern recognition methods that involve the processing of data that contains multiple measurements per sample. MVA can be used to address a wide variety of medical neuroimaging-related challenges including identifying variables associated with a measure of clinical importance (i.e. patient outcome), creating diagnostic tests, assisting in characterizing developmental disorders, understanding disease etiology, development and progression, assisting in treatment monitoring and much more. Compared to adults, imaging of developing immature brains has attracted less attention from MVA researchers. However, remarkable MVA research growth has occurred in recent years. This paper presents the results of a systematic review of the literature focusing on MVA technologies applied to neurodevelopmental disorders in fetal, neonatal and pediatric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain. The goal of this manuscript is to provide a concise review of the state of the scientific literature on studies employing brain MRI and MVA in a pre-adult population. Neurological developmental disorders addressed in the MVA research contained in this review include autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, epilepsy, schizophrenia and more. While the results of this review demonstrate considerable interest from the scientific community in applications of MVA technologies in pediatric/neonatal/fetal brain MRI, the field is still young and considerable research growth remains ahead of us.
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- Jacob Levman
- Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1 Autumn Street #456, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1 Autumn Street #456, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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Andrade AND, Silva MRD, Iorio MCM, Gil D. Influência do grau de escolaridade no teste de Identificação de Sentenças Dicóticas em Português Brasileiro. Codas 2015; 27:433-6. [DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/20152014205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2014] [Accepted: 04/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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RESUMO Objetivo: Comparar o desempenho, na versão em português brasileiro, do teste de identificação de sentenças dicóticas (DSI) entre: as orelhas direita e esquerda e escolaridade em indivíduos audiologicamente normais. Métodos: Foram avaliados 200 indivíduos normouvintes, destros, separados em sete grupos de acordo com os anos de escolaridade.Todos os sujeitos foram submetidos à audiológica básica e comportamental do processamento auditivo (teste de localização sonora, teste de memória para sons verbais e não verbais em sequência, testedicótico de dígitos e DSI). Resultados: Os sujeitos avaliados apresentaram média de escolaridade de 13,1 anos e resultados adequados nos testes selecionados para a avaliação audiológica e do processamento auditivo. Em relação ao teste DSI, a escolaridade teve relação de dependência com as porcentagens de acertos em cada etapa do teste e com a orelha avaliada. Houve correlação positiva estatisticamente significante entre a escolaridade e a porcentagem de acertos para todas as etapas do teste DSI em ambas as orelhas. Também houve efeito do grau de escolaridade nos resultados obtidos em cada etapa do teste DSI, com exceção da etapa de escuta direcionada à direita. Conclusões: Na comparação do desempenho considerando as variáveis estudadas no teste DSI, concluiu-se que: há vantagem da orelha direita e quanto maior o nível educacional, melhor o desempenho dos indivíduos.
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil; Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
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Ghannoum MT, Shalaby AA, Dabbous AO, Abd-El-Raouf ER, Abd-El-Hady HS. Central auditory processing functions in learning disabled children assessed by behavioural tests. HEARING, BALANCE AND COMMUNICATION 2014; 12:143-154. [DOI: 10.3109/21695717.2014.938908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Moore DR. Sources of pathology underlying listening disorders in children. Int J Psychophysiol 2014; 95:125-34. [PMID: 25086259 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2013] [Revised: 07/08/2014] [Accepted: 07/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Some children referred to audiology and developmental disability services have listening difficulties, despite normal audiograms. These children may be tested for 'auditory processing disorder' (APD), a controversial construct suggesting that neural dysfunction in the central auditory system leads to impaired auditory perception. An important question, not currently tested in clinical evaluation, is whether listening difficulties result from problems with bottom-up auditory sensory processing or top-down modulating cognition. Perceptual variability and poor performance on standardized tests suggest that listening difficulties are primarily cognitive in origin. However, evidence for impaired olivocochlear function and temporal processing deficits may implicate peripheral or central auditory dysfunction in some cases. Wide-spread, top-down modulation of auditory cortical, brainstem and ear function suggests that afferent and efferent control systems may not be simple to segregate. During normal maturation, hearing appears to develop in proportion to the complexity of both stimuli and tasks. But some younger individuals have mature hearing, highlighting individual differences that suggest APD may be due to a generalized developmental delay. Recent studies have investigated specific hypotheses showing, for example, that spatial hearing and executive function are compromised in some children with listening difficulties. Using speech stimuli (e.g. consonant-vowel syllables) to examine auditory brainstem responses, and psychophysiological relations between dichotic hearing and cortical physiology, various effects of auditory experience and development point the way to promising approaches for further studies of APD. Newer technology, from genetic sequencing to MRI, may have the sensitivity to test whether and how frequently APD is associated with impaired processing in the auditory system.
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- David R Moore
- Communication Sciences Research Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, S1.300, 240 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA; School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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Farah R, Schmithorst VJ, Keith RW, Holland SK. Altered white matter microstructure underlies listening difficulties in children suspected of auditory processing disorders: a DTI study. Brain Behav 2014; 4:531-43. [PMID: 25161820 PMCID: PMC4128035 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Revised: 04/09/2014] [Accepted: 04/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The purpose of the present study was to identify biomarkers of listening difficulties by investigating white matter microstructure in children suspected of auditory processing disorder (APD) using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Behavioral studies have suggested that impaired cognitive and/or attention abilities rather than a pure sensory processing deficit underlie listening difficulties and auditory processing disorder (APD) in children. However, the neural signature of listening difficulties has not been investigated. METHODS Twelve children with listening difficulties and atypical left ear advantage (LEA) in dichotic listening and twelve age- and gender-matched typically developing children with typical right ear advantage (REA) were tested. Using voxel-based analysis, fractional anisotropy (FA), and mean, axial and radial diffusivity (MD, AD, RD) maps were computed and contrasted between the groups. RESULTS Listening difficulties were associated with altered white matter microstructure, reflected by decreased FA in frontal multifocal white matter regions centered in prefrontal cortex bilaterally and left anterior cingulate. Increased RD and decreased AD accounted for the decreased FA, suggesting delayed myelination in frontal white matter tracts and disrupted fiber organization in the LEA group. Furthermore, listening difficulties were associated with increased MD (with increase in both RD and AD) in the posterior limb of the internal capsule (sublenticular part) at the auditory radiations where auditory input is transmitted between the thalamus and the auditory cortex. CONCLUSIONS Our results provide direct evidence that listening difficulties in children are associated with altered white matter microstructure and that both sensory and supramodal deficits underlie the differences between the groups.
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- Rola Farah
- Communication Sciences Research Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, Ohio ; Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Pediatric Neuroimaging Research Consortium, Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, Ohio
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Uludağ K, Roebroeck A. General overview on the merits of multimodal neuroimaging data fusion. Neuroimage 2014; 102 Pt 1:3-10. [PMID: 24845622 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2013] [Revised: 04/28/2014] [Accepted: 05/08/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Multimodal neuroimaging has become a mainstay of basic and cognitive neuroscience in humans and animals, despite challenges to consider when acquiring and combining non-redundant imaging data. Multimodal data integration can yield important insights into brain processes and structures in addition to spatiotemporal resolution complementarity, including: a comprehensive physiological view on brain processes and structures, quantification, generalization and normalization, and availability of biomarkers. In this review, we discuss data acquisition and fusion in multimodal neuroimaging in the context of each of these potential merits. However, limitations - due to differences in the neuronal and structural underpinnings of each method - have to be taken into account when modeling and interpreting multimodal data using generative models. We conclude that when these challenges are adequately met, multimodal data fusion can create substantial added value for neuroscience applications making it an indispensable approach for studying the brain.
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- Kâmil Uludağ
- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Maastricht Brain Imaging Centre (MBIC), Faculty of Psychology & Neuroscience, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Maastricht Brain Imaging Centre (MBIC), Faculty of Psychology & Neuroscience, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Schmithorst VJ, Plante E, Holland S. Unilateral deafness in children affects development of multi-modal modulation and default mode networks. Front Hum Neurosci 2014; 8:164. [PMID: 24723873 PMCID: PMC3971169 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2013] [Accepted: 03/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Monaural auditory input due to congenital or acquired unilateral hearing loss (UHL) may have neurobiological effects on the developing brain. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we investigated the effect of UHL on the development of functional brain networks used for cross-modal processing. Children ages 7-12 with moderate or greater unilateral hearing loss of sensorineural origin (UHL-SN; N = 21) and normal-hearing controls (N = 23) performed an fMRI-compatible adaptation of the Token Test involving listening to a sentence such as "touched the small green circle and the large blue square" and simultaneously viewing an arrow touching colored shapes on a video. Children with right or severe-to-profound UHL-SN displayed smaller activation in a region encompassing the right inferior temporal, middle temporal, and middle occipital gyrus (BA 19/37/39), evidencing differences due to monaural hearing in cross-modal modulation of the visual processing pathway. Children with UHL-SN displayed increased activation in the left posterior superior temporal gyrus, likely the result either of more effortful low-level processing of auditory stimuli or differences in cross-modal modulation of the auditory processing pathway. Additionally, children with UHL-SN displayed reduced deactivation of anterior and posterior regions of the default mode network. Results suggest that monaural hearing affects the development of brain networks related to cross-modal sensory processing and the regulation of the default network during processing of spoken language.
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- Vincent J. Schmithorst
- Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, CincinnatiOH, USA
- Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, PittsburghPA, USA
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Arizona, TucsonAZ, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, CincinnatiOH, USA
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Masking level differences--a diffusion tensor imaging and functional MRI study. PLoS One 2014; 9:e88466. [PMID: 24558392 PMCID: PMC3928251 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2013] [Accepted: 01/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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In our previous study we investigated Masking Level Differences (MLD) using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), but were unable to confirm neural correlations for the MLD within the auditory cortex and inferior colliculus. Here we have duplicated conditions from our previous study, but have included more participants and changed the study site to a new location with a newer scanner and presentation system. Additionally, Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) is included to allow investigation of fiber tracts that may be involved with MLDs. Twenty participants were included and underwent audiometric testing and MRI scanning. The current study revealed regions of increased and decreased activity within the auditory cortex when comparing the combined noise and signal of the dichotic MLD stimuli (N0Sπ and NπS0) with N0S0. Furthermore, we found evidence of inferior colliculus involvement. Our DTI findings show strong correlations between DTI measures within the brainstem and signal detection threshold levels. Patterns of correlation when the signal was presented only to the right ear showed an extensive network in the left hemisphere; however, the opposite was not true for the signal presented only to the left ear. Our current study was able to confirm what we had previously hypothesized using fMRI, while extending our investigation of MLDs to include the characteristics of connecting neural pathways.
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