Simple reaction times in subjects with steeply sloping hearing loss: is there an alteration at the edge of the loss?

The aim of the present study was to investigate the simple reaction time (RT) performance of patients with steeply sloping sensorineural hearing loss. This kind of hearing loss has the particularity of inducing a reorganization of the primary auditory cortex (Dietrich et al, 2001), the edge frequenc...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Audiology Vol. 45; no. 8; pp. 454 - 463
Autores principales: Gabriel D, Veuillet E, Bonnet C, Vesson JF, Collet L
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2006
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          Gabriel D
          Veuillet E
          Bonnet C
          Vesson JF
          Collet L
        affil: Laboratoire Neurosciences et Systèmes Sensoriels, Prothèses Auditives, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Lyon, France; damiengabriel@yahoo.fr
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          Hearing Loss, High-Frequency
          Reaction Time
          Aged
          Audiometry
          Auditory Cortex
          Auditory Threshold
          Correlational Studies
          Descriptive Statistics
          Female
          Hearing Aids
          Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
          Hearing Tests
          Linear Regression
          Male
          Middle Age
          Neuronal Plasticity
          Post Hoc Analysis
          Prospective Studies
          Rehabilitation of Persons with Hearing Loss
          Repeated Measures
          Two-Way Analysis of Variance
          Human
          Aged: 65+ years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Female
          Male
      ab: The aim of the present study was to investigate the simple reaction time (RT) performance of patients with steeply sloping sensorineural hearing loss. This kind of hearing loss has the particularity of inducing a reorganization of the primary auditory cortex (Dietrich et al, 2001), the edge frequency of the loss being over-represented. It is assumed that a consequence of this plasticity could be reflected in an improvement in frequency discrimination performances around the edge of the loss (McDermott et al, 1998). In the present study we used pure tones equalized in loudness to investigate whether RT might be altered at the cut-off frequency (Fc) of the loss, or at the frequency that presented the best discrimination-limen-for-frequency (bDLF). The effect of auditory rehabilitation on RT was also studied. A great variability in RT was noted in all our subjects. Our results demonstrated that RT was unmodified at Fc or bDLF, be it before or after hearing aid fitting. However, an improvement in the correlation between RT and frequency discrimination performance was observed at three months post-rehabilitation.
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