用扰乱的听觉空间线索捕捉视觉注意力
Chiara Valzolgher1,2, Mariam Alzaher3,4, Valérie Gaveau2
1Center for Mind/Brain Sciences - CIMeC, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy.
Trends in hearing
|August 23, 2023
概括
双边耳植入物 (CI) 或单边听力损失 (uHL) 的人仍然可以使用声音来引导视觉注意力. 然而,这种能力在单方面CI用户中受损,突出显示了听力损失对多感官相互作用的更广泛影响.
科学领域:
- 听觉神经科学 听觉神经科学
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 听力学 听力学是指听力学.
背景情况:
- 侧向声音自动引导视觉注意力,增强视听处理.
- 耳植入物 (CI) 或单边听力损失 (uHL) 的听觉空间线索可能会影响这种注意力机制.
- 了解这些影响对于评估听力障碍对多感官一体化的全部影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查听力损失患者的视听注意力定向的完整性.
- 为了比较双边CI使用者,单边CI使用者和患有uHL的个体的注意力定向能力.
- 评估这些人群的空间听力技能和视听导向之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 在60名听力损失的成年人和20名听力正常 (NH) 控制者中利用视觉注意力捕捉范式使用声音.
- 参与者包括双边CI使用者 (N=20),单边CI使用者 (N=20) 和uHL个人 (N=20).
- NH参与者在双耳和单耳 (耳塞) 条件下进行了测试;所有参与者都完成了声音定位任务.
主要成果:
- 视听导向在双边CI用户,uHL个人和双耳NH参与者之间是可比的.
- 在单方面CI用户和单声NH听众中,导向显著减少.
- 空间听力技能与单边CI用户的视听导向相关,并且在双耳听力保留的参与者中通常更好.
结论:
- 视听注意力定向在双边CI使用者和uHL患者中在很大程度上保留,但在单边CI使用者中受损.
- 这些发现强调了评估听力损失对超越单纯听觉功能的多感官相互作用的影响的重要性.
- 听力损失,特别是单边的听力损失,会阻碍在视听环境中的典型互动.
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