background and aim: this study investigated whether objective temporal processing paradigms including voice-onset-time, speech-in-noise, and amplitude modulated-broad-band noise (am-bbn) are sensitive to disrupted temporal processing in elderly listeners with normal hearing (age-related-temporal processing deficit). methods: we evaluated 15 adults aged 64–80 years using behavioural measures of ...

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) provides a direct, non-invasive view of neural activity with millisecond temporal precision. Recent developments in MEG analysis allow for improved source localization and mapping of connectivity between brain regions, expanding the possibilities for using MEG as a diagnostic tool. In this paper, we first describe inverse imaging methods (e.g., minimum-norm estimati...

Different studies have demonstrated that solvents may induce auditory damage. It has been suggested that part of this damage may be localised in central auditory pathways. The present study aimed to investigate possible auditory processing disorders related to solvent exposure. Thirty solvent-exposed workers and 30 gender-, age- and educational level-matched control subjects were selected to pa...

The aim of this study was to investigate the differential time-course responses of the auditory cortex to repeated auditory stimuli in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) showing auditory hypersensitivity. Auditory-evoked field values were obtained from 21 boys with ASD (12 with and 9 without auditory hypersensitivity) and 15 age-matched typically developing controls. M50 dipole moment...

D espite intense focus on improving reading scores, the most recently released National Assessment of Educational Progress reported that only one in three fourth grade students in the United States read at or above a proficient level, a change of only 5% since 1992 (1). In PNAS, Hornickel et al. (2) review the growing body of evidence that links reading failure to auditory processing disorders....

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to review the literature that pertains to ongoing concerns regarding the central auditory processing construct among school-aged children and to assess whether the degree of uncertainty surrounding central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) warrants a change in current protocols. Method: Methodology on this topic included a review of relevant and recent ...

ABSTRACT Purpose: to analyze the use of a screening tool, by teachers, identify auditory behavior students who are learning read and write. Methods: cross-sectional study including 22 answered Fisher’s Auditory Problems Checklist (QFISHER). The analysis this questionnaire approached categories hearing, attention, memory, language, school performance. chi-square statistical test Mann-Whitney wer...

BACKGROUND There is increasing evidence for functional interactions of the auditory and the motor system in music perception. Based on that we hypothesized that altered music perception in patients with a movement disorder, here Huntington's disease (HD), compared to controls should be present. Additionally, there should be also a relation between areas associated with the assessment of musical...

This article reviews and synthesizes recent research regarding auditory processing, attention, and their roles in generating both adaptive and maladaptive behavioral responses. Research in these areas is beginning to converge on the role of polymorphisms associated with catecholamine metabolism and transport, particularly the neurotransmitter dopamine. The synthesis offered in this article appe...

The effectiveness of three central auditory processing (CAP) tests was evaluated using clinical decision analysis (CDA) procedures. The tests under study were the Dichotic Digits Test (DDT), the Auditory Duration Patterns Test (ADPT), and the P300 evoked potential test (P300). Subjects with normal hearing, sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), and central lesions provided the data for CDA analyses...