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Rocha MFB, Advíncula KP, Simões CDESX, Britto DBLDA, Menezes PDL. Benefit of Modulated Masking in hearing according to age. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 2024; 90:101487. [PMID: 39205366 PMCID: PMC11393591 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2024.101487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2024] [Revised: 06/25/2024] [Accepted: 07/24/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the Benefit of Modulated Masking (BMM) on hearing in young, adult and elderly normal-hearing individuals. METHODS The sample included 60 normal-hearing individuals aged 18-75 years who underwent behavioral assessment (sentence recognition test in the presence of steady and modulated noise) and electrophysiological assessment (cortical Auditory Evoked Potential) to investigate BMM. The results were analyzed comparatively using the paired t-test and ANOVA for repeated measures, followed by the Bonferroni post-hoc test (p-value < 0.05). RESULTS A decrease in latencies and an increase in amplitudes of cortical components (P1-N1-P2) was observed due to noise modulation in all age groups. Modulated noise generated better auditory threshold responses (electrophysiological and behavioral), compared to steady noise. The elderly presented a higher threshold in both hearing domains, compared to the other participants, as well as a lower BMM magnitude. CONCLUSION It was possible to conclude that the modulated noise generated less interference in the magnitude of the neural response (smaller latencies) and in the neural processing time (larger amplitudes) for the speech stimulus in all participants. The higher auditory thresholds (electrophysiological and behavioral) and the lower BMM magnitude observed in the elderly group, even in the face of noise modulation, suggest a lower temporal auditory performance in this population, and may indicate a deficit in the temporal resolution capacity, associated with the process of aging. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 3
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- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Maceió, AL, Brazil; Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas, Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, Maceió, AL, Brazil
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Rocha MFB, Menezes DC, Duarte DSB, Griz SMS, Frizzo ACF, Menezes PDL, Teixeira CF, Advíncula KP. Masking release in cortical auditory evoked potentials with speech stimulus. Codas 2023. [DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/20212020334en] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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ABSTRACT Purpose To analyze the effect of masking on the Cortical Auditory Evoked Potential with speech stimulus in young adults. Methods Fourteen individuals aged between 19 and 28 years of both sexes with no hearing loss participated in the study. The Cortical Auditory Evoked Potential examination was performed with synthetic speech stimulus /ba/ simultaneous to Speech Shaped Noise presented under three conditions: steady noise with a 30 dB SPLep intensity (weak steady noise), steady noise with a 65 dB SPLep intensity o (strong steady noise) and modulated noise with 30 dB SPLep and 65 dB SPLep intensities at 25Hz and modulation period of 40 ms. Results Higher latencies were observed in the cortical components, except P2, in the condition of strong steady noise and more meaningful measures of amplitude of the cortical components P1, N1 and P2 in the condition of modulated noise with statistically significant difference in comparison to the strong steady noise condition. There was worse wave morphology in the condition of strong steady noise, when compared to the other records. The average electrophysiological thresholds for the conditions of strong steady noise and modulated noise were 60 dB SPLep and 49 dB SPLep, respectively, showing a 11.7 dB mean difference. Conclusion We could infer that there was a lower masking effect of modulated noise when compared to the strong steady noise condition, in the amplitude measurements of the cortical components and an average difference of 11.7 dB between the electrophysiological thresholds (interpreted as the measure of the Masking Release).
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Rocha MFB, Menezes DC, Duarte DSB, Griz SMS, Frizzo ACF, Menezes PDL, Teixeira CF, Advíncula KP. Masking release in cortical auditory evoked potentials with speech stimulus. Codas 2022; 35:e20200334. [PMID: 36541959 PMCID: PMC10010424 DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/20212020334pt] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To analyze the effect of masking on the Cortical Auditory Evoked Potential with speech stimulus in young adults. METHODS Fourteen individuals aged between 19 and 28 years of both sexes with no hearing loss participated in the study. The Cortical Auditory Evoked Potential examination was performed with synthetic speech stimulus /ba/ simultaneous to Speech Shaped Noise presented under three conditions: steady noise with a 30 dB SPLep intensity (weak steady noise), steady noise with a 65 dB SPLep intensity o (strong steady noise) and modulated noise with 30 dB SPLep and 65 dB SPLep intensities at 25Hz and modulation period of 40 ms. RESULTS Higher latencies were observed in the cortical components, except P2, in the condition of strong steady noise and more meaningful measures of amplitude of the cortical components P1, N1 and P2 in the condition of modulated noise with statistically significant difference in comparison to the strong steady noise condition. There was worse wave morphology in the condition of strong steady noise, when compared to the other records. The average electrophysiological thresholds for the conditions of strong steady noise and modulated noise were 60 dB SPLep and 49 dB SPLep, respectively, showing a 11.7 dB mean difference. CONCLUSION We could infer that there was a lower masking effect of modulated noise when compared to the strong steady noise condition, in the amplitude measurements of the cortical components and an average difference of 11.7 dB between the electrophysiological thresholds (interpreted as the measure of the Masking Release).
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- Mônyka Ferreira Borges Rocha
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde da Comunicação Humana, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE - Recife (PE), Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde da Comunicação Humana, Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE - Recife (PE), Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde da Comunicação Humana, Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE - Recife (PE), Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho - (UNESP) - São Paulo (SP), Brasil
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- Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas - UNCISAL - Maceió (AL), Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde da Comunicação Humana, Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE - Recife (PE), Brasil
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Griz SMS, Menezes DC, Advíncula KP, Lima MADL, Menezes PDL. Forward masking with frequency-following response analyses. REVISTA CEFAC 2021. [DOI: 10.1590/1982-0216/20212321220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Pacífico FA, Griz SMS, Menezes DC, Advincula KP, Cordeiro AADA, Costa MLGD. Modulation masking release reduction as a function of time-compressed speech. REVISTA CEFAC 2020. [DOI: 10.1590/1982-0216/20202257720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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ABSTRACT Purpose: to investigate the magnitude of the modulation masking release in sentence recognition as a function of compression level and modulation rate. Methods: sentences of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Hearing in Noise Test sentences were used as stimulus. The sentence recognition thresholds were established as a function of speech compression level (0%, 33%, and 50%) in steady and modulated noise at different modulation rates (4, 10, 32 Hz). The analysis of variance was performed for repeated measures, using the 5% significance level. Results: sentence recognition thresholds were higher for higher compression levels in the different types of noise. However, thresholds were smaller for modulated noises. Also, the magnitude of modulation masking release decreased as speech compression level increased. Nevertheless, no difference was observed in compressed speech between different noise modulation rates, in relation to the speech compression level. Conclusion: the magnitude of the modulation masking release decreased as the speech time-compression increased. Also, the reductions in modulation masking release, in relation to the speech time-compression level, did not differ between the masking-noise modulation rates (4, 10, and 32 Hz).
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Novelli CL, Carvalho NGD, Colella-Santos MF. Hearing in Noise Test, HINT-Brazil, in normal-hearing children. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 2017; 84:360-367. [PMID: 28549874 PMCID: PMC9449241 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2017.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2016] [Revised: 03/16/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Introduction The auditory processing is related to certain skills such as speech recognition in noise. The HINT-Brazil test allows the measurement of the Speech/Noise ratio however there are no studies in the national literature that establish parameters for the child population. Objective To analyze the performance of normal-hearing subjects aged 8–10 years old in tasks for speech recognition in noise using HINT test. Methods Sixty schoolchildren were evaluated. They were between 8 and 10 years of age, of both genders, and had no auditory and school complaints, with results ranking within normality for the Basic Audiological Assessment and the Dichotic Digits Test. HINT-Brazil test was applied with headphones, with the Speech/Noise ratio in conditions of frontal noise, noise to the right, and noise to the left being investigated. The software calculated the Composite Noise, which corresponds to the weighted mean of the tested conditions. Results There was no statistically significant difference between the ears, nor between the genders. There was a statistically significant difference for age ranges of 8 and 10 years, in situations with noise, and for Composite Noise. The age group of 10 years showed better performance than the age group of 8; the age group of 9 years did not show statistically significant difference regarding the other age ranges. We suggest the values of mean and standard deviation of the Speech/Noise ratio, considering the age ranges of: 8 years – Frontal Noise: −2.09 (±1.09); Right Noise: −7.64 (±1.72); Left Noise: −7.53 (±2.80); Composite Noise: −4.86 (±1.31); 9 years – Frontal Noise: −2.82 (±0.74); Right Noise: −8.49 (±2.24); Left Noise: −8.41 (±1.75); Composite Noise: −5.63 (±1.02); 10 years – Frontal Noise: −3.01 (±0.95); Right Noise: −9.47 (±1.43); Left Noise: −9.16 (±1.65); Composite Noise: −6.16 (±0.91). Conclusion HINT-Brazil test is a simple and fast test, and is not difficult to performed with normal-hearing children. The results confirm that it is an efficient test to be used with the age range evaluated.
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- Carolina Lino Novelli
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Centro de Investigação em Pediatria, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Centro de Investigação em Pediatria, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Centro de Investigação em Pediatria, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Fogerty D, Xu J, Gibbs BE. Modulation masking and glimpsing of natural and vocoded speech during single-talker modulated noise: Effect of the modulation spectrum. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2016; 140:1800. [PMID: 27914381 PMCID: PMC5848862 DOI: 10.1121/1.4962494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Compared to notionally steady-state noise, modulated maskers provide a perceptual benefit for speech recognition, in part due to preserved speech information during the amplitude dips of the masker. However, overlap in the modulation spectrum between the target speech and the competing modulated masker may potentially result in modulation masking, and thereby offset the release from energetic masking. The current study investigated masking release provided by single-talker modulated noise. The overlap in the modulation spectra of the target speech and the modulated noise masker was varied through time compression or expansion of the competing masker. Younger normal hearing adults listened to sentences that were unprocessed or noise vocoded to primarily limit speech recognition to the preserved temporal envelope cues. For unprocessed speech, results demonstrated improved performance with masker modulation spectrum shifted up or down compared to the target modulation spectrum, except for the most extreme time expansion. For vocoded speech, significant masking release was observed with the slowest masker rate. Perceptual results combined with acoustic analyses of the preserved glimpses of the target speech suggest contributions of modulation masking and cognitive-linguistic processing as factors contributing to performance.
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- Daniel Fogerty
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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Fogerty D, Xu J, Gibbs BE. Modulation masking and glimpsing of natural and vocoded speech during single-talker modulated noise: Effect of the modulation spectrum. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2016; 140:1800. [PMID: 27914381 DOI: 10.5041466/1.4962494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Compared to notionally steady-state noise, modulated maskers provide a perceptual benefit for speech recognition, in part due to preserved speech information during the amplitude dips of the masker. However, overlap in the modulation spectrum between the target speech and the competing modulated masker may potentially result in modulation masking, and thereby offset the release from energetic masking. The current study investigated masking release provided by single-talker modulated noise. The overlap in the modulation spectra of the target speech and the modulated noise masker was varied through time compression or expansion of the competing masker. Younger normal hearing adults listened to sentences that were unprocessed or noise vocoded to primarily limit speech recognition to the preserved temporal envelope cues. For unprocessed speech, results demonstrated improved performance with masker modulation spectrum shifted up or down compared to the target modulation spectrum, except for the most extreme time expansion. For vocoded speech, significant masking release was observed with the slowest masker rate. Perceptual results combined with acoustic analyses of the preserved glimpses of the target speech suggest contributions of modulation masking and cognitive-linguistic processing as factors contributing to performance.
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- Daniel Fogerty
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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