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An Experimental Paradigm for Measuring the Effects of Ageing on Sentence Processing
Published on: October 25, 2019
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Auditory Processing Disorders in Elderly Persons vs. Linguistic and Emotional Prosody.
Anna Rasmus1, Aleksandra Błachnio1
1Institute of Psychology, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, 85-064 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Summary
Auditory processing decline in older adults impairs their ability to understand emotional and linguistic prosody, negatively impacting communication. This study highlights the link between central auditory processing disorders and reduced prosody perception in the elderly.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Audiology
- Gerontology
Background:
- Language communication is vital for social interaction but declines with age.
- Age-related auditory dysfunction, including central auditory processing, is a probable cause.
- Central auditory processing disorders (CAPD) may affect interpersonal communication in older adults.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate CAPD profiles in the elderly.
- To investigate the relationship between CAPD and prosody perception (emotional and linguistic).
- To understand how auditory processing changes affect communication quality in aging individuals.
Main Methods:
- Utilized the Right Hemisphere Language Battery (RHLB-PL).
- Employed the Brain-Boy Universal Professional (BUP) for auditory processing assessment.
- Correlational analysis to examine relationships between auditory functions and prosody perception.
Main Results:
- Significant correlations found between emotional prosody perception and spatial hearing, reaction time, frequency pattern recognition, and duration pattern recognition.
- Linguistic prosody perception significantly correlated with pitch discrimination, frequency pattern recognition, temporal pattern recognition, and emotional prosody.
- Specific auditory functions like frequency differentiation, temporal pattern recognition, sound discrimination, and reaction speed were reduced in the elderly sample.
Conclusions:
- De-automation of basic auditory central processing functions in older age is evident.
- Impaired auditory processing negatively impacts the perception of both emotional and linguistic prosody.
- Reduced prosody perception contributes to a lower quality of communication in older adults.
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