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Auditory function in Alzheimer's disease

D D Kurylo1, S Corkin, T Allard

  • 1Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139.

Neurology
|October 1, 1993
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients show specific auditory deficits, particularly in sound localization and timbre discrimination. However, these impairments do not worsen with disease severity, suggesting language processing, not auditory circuits, is the primary issue.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Auditory Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neurology

Background:

  • Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by cerebral degeneration.
  • The pattern of degeneration suggests auditory capacities may be differentially affected based on cortical involvement.
  • Basic auditory functions mediated by primary auditory cortex may remain intact, while higher-level functions linked to auditory association cortex could be impaired.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test the hypothesis that auditory capacities are progressively impaired in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients.
  • To investigate the differential impact of AD on functions associated with primary auditory cortex versus auditory association cortex.
  • To determine if auditory deficits in AD correlate with dementia severity or illness duration.

Main Methods:

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  • Administered auditory tests to 19 mildly to moderately demented AD patients, 21 elderly control subjects (ECS), and 14 young control subjects (YCS).
  • Tested functions associated with primary auditory cortex: sound localization and perception of complex tones.
  • Tested functions associated with auditory association cortex: phoneme discrimination, timbre discrimination, and tonal memory.

Main Results:

  • Significant differences were found between young control subjects (YCS) and elderly control subjects (ECS) in phoneme discrimination with synthetic speech and tonal memory.
  • The AD group differed from the ECS group in sound localization, one measure of synthetic speech discrimination, and timbre discrimination.
  • No significant correlations were observed between performance on any auditory test and age, dementia severity, or duration of illness.

Conclusions:

  • Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with specific auditory deficits, including sound localization and timbre discrimination.
  • The observed auditory impairments do not directly correlate with the extent of neuropathologic change between primary and association auditory cortices.
  • Degraded aural language comprehension in AD likely stems from disruptions in language processing rather than primary auditory circuit dysfunction.