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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Auditory Neuroscience
  • Speech Processing

Background:

  • Listening problems in children are common and can impact development.
  • Understanding the neural basis of these difficulties is crucial for effective intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate differences in oscillatory electroencephalography (EEG) responses to speech in children with and without listening problems.
  • To determine if auditory processing disorder (APD) is associated with specific EEG alterations.

Main Methods:

  • High-resolution spectral-temporal analysis of cortical auditory evoked potentials (CAEPs).
  • Speech stimulus /da/ presented in quiet and noise (3 dB SNR).
  • Comparison of EEG responses between typically developing children and children with listening problems (with and without APD).

Main Results:

  • Children with listening problems exhibited frequency shifts in theta and alpha EEG bands.
  • Children with both listening problems and APD showed additional frequency and latency shifts in upper beta and lower gamma bands.

Conclusions:

  • Listening problems in children are associated with altered higher-level processing.
  • Auditory processing disorder appears to stem from differences in early auditory encoding.