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Published on: January 29, 2014
Subcortical and Cortical Electrophysiological Measures in Children With Speech-in-Noise Deficits Associated With
Reesha Oovattil Hussain1, Prawin Kumar1, Niraj Kumar Singh1
1Department of Audiology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore.
Purpose:
The aim of this study was to analyze the subcortical and cortical auditory evoked potentials for speech stimuli in children with speech-in-noise (SIN) deficits associated with auditory processing disorder (APD) without any reading or language deficits.
Method:
The study included 20 children in the age range of 9-13 years. Ten children were recruited to the APD group; they had below-normal scores on the speech-perception-in-noise test and were diagnosed as having APD. The remaining 10 were typically developing (TD) children and were recruited to the TD group. Speech-evoked subcortical (brainstem) and cortical (auditory late latency) responses were recorded and compared across both groups.
Results:
The results showed a statistically significant reduction in the amplitudes of the subcortical potentials (both for stimulus in quiet and in noise) and the magnitudes of the spectral components (fundamental frequency and the second formant) in children with SIN deficits in the APD group compared to the TD group. In addition, the APD group displayed enhanced amplitudes of the cortical potentials compared to the TD group.
Conclusion:
Children with SIN deficits associated with APD exhibited impaired coding/processing of the auditory information at the level of the brainstem and the auditory cortex.
Supplemental Material:
https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.21357735.
