Engagement with the auditory processing system during targeted auditory cognitive training mediates changes in cognitive outcomes in individuals with schizophrenia.

Background and Aim: Time compressed speech test is one of the most useful monaural tests for evaluation of central auditory processing disorder. For developing the time compressed sentences test, the compression rate of the sentences must be set so that the average speech comprehension score is about 90% in normal individuals and can challenge central auditory processing system sufficiently so subjects with auditory processing disorders could be identified. Therefore, the aim of the present study was finding the appropriate compression rate for developing compressed sentences test in Persian. Method: Initially, two 10-sentence lists were prepared based on the experts’ opinion and were compressed by the amount of 60, 65, 70, 75 and 80% using Praat software. Compressed sentences were tested on twelve 18–25 year-old normal individuals and the speech comprehension score in different compression rates was compared and the compression rate in which the average score was approximately 90% was reported as an appropriate compression rate for developing time compressed sentences test in Persian. Results: 70% compression rate was able to create an average score of 95.27% (± 3.31) and 93.6% (± 7.17) in the right and left ear, respectively. Conclusion: Results showed that the compression rate of 70% was appropriate rate for developing the test in the Persian language.

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TONEBURST-EVOKED ABR: NORMS AND GENDER DIFFERENCES

10.36106/ijsr/2828975 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

Sanjay K Munjal ◽

Rawish Kumar ◽

Anuradha Sharma ◽

Naresh K Panda

Keyword(s):

Auditory Processing ◽

Processing System ◽

Tone Burst ◽

Invasive Technique ◽

Specific Information ◽

Test Population ◽

Absolute Latency ◽

The Difference ◽

And Gender ◽

Age Range

Background: The ABR procedure has become a powerful non-invasive technique to assess the integrity of the auditory processing system particularly in infants and difficult-to-test subjects. The inability of click stimulus in frequency selectivity the tone burst makes it possible to obtain relatively narrow frequency range responses, particularly at lower frequencies. However, the click-evoked ABR does not provide frequency-specific information of the auditory system. The lack of normative data and the potential usefulness of the toneburst-evoked ABR, the present study aimed to establish gender-specific norms for the same at the octave frequencies. Methods: Twenty normal hearing subjects within the age range 18 to 25 years were examined followed by tympanometry, puretone audiometry and toneburst ABR for 500Hz, 1000Hz, 2000Hz and 8000Hz in each ear. Results: Wave-V was identified till 20 dBnHL for all tested frequencies with a decrease in mean absolute latency of waves with increase in frequency. Mean absolute latency of each wave was shorter in female than male for the tested frequencies. The difference in mean of puretone and TB-ABR thresholds ranged between 8-11.25 dBnHL for different frequencies. Conclusion: TB-ABR can be reliably used as an excellent tool to achieve frequency-specific information for difficult-to-test population.

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P1-425: The Effects of Computerized Cognitive Training on Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Outcomes Among Older Adults with Diabetes: Protocol for a Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

Alzheimer s & Dementia ◽

10.1016/j.jalz.2016.06.1178 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

pp. P598-P598

Author(s):

Rachel Bloom ◽

Michal Schnaider-Beeri ◽

Yuri Rassovsky ◽

Ramit Ravona-Springer ◽

Anthony Heymann ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Randomized Controlled Trial ◽

Cognitive Training ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Cognitive Outcomes ◽

Double Blind ◽

Computerized Cognitive Training ◽

Randomized Controlled

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Specificity and Durability of Changes in Auditory Processing Efficiency After Targeted Cognitive Training in Individuals With Recent-Onset Psychosis

Frontiers in Psychiatry ◽

10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00857 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

Author(s):

Bruno Biagianti ◽

Melissa Fisher ◽

Rachel Loewy ◽

Benjamin Brandrett ◽

Catalina Ordorica ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Training ◽

Auditory Processing ◽

Processing Efficiency ◽

Recent Onset

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COGNITIVE TRAINING ATTENUATES AGE-RELATED DECLINE IN PHYSICAL FUNCTION ACROSS 10 YEARS

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igz038.785 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. S214-S214

Author(s):

Briana N Sprague ◽

Christine B Phillips ◽

Lesley A Ross

Keyword(s):

Physical Function ◽

Grip Strength ◽

Cognitive Training ◽

Processing Speed ◽

Cognitive Outcomes ◽

Memory Training ◽

Digit Symbol ◽

Beneficial Effects ◽

Age Related ◽

The Impact

Abstract Poor physical function is associated with negative health and cognitive outcomes. Although nine studies demonstrate that cognitive training reduces age-related declines in physical function, only one has examined effects beyond immediate posttest changes. The current study assessed the impact of three cognitive training programs on physical function measures across 10 years. Using data from the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) trial, older adults randomized to a no-contact control condition (n = 698) were compared to those randomized to processing speed (n = 702), memory (n = 703), or reasoning (n = 694) training. Intention-to-treat and treatment-received analyses were conducted for grip strength, Digit Symbol Copy, and Turn 360. There were no significant effects of being assigned to processing speed, memory, or reasoning training to any physical function outcome (p > .05). Treatment-received models indicated that processing speed training attenuated age-related declines in Digit Symbol Copy (b = -.005, p < .01) and Turn 360 (b = -.011, p < .001), memory training attenuated age-related declines in Digit Symbol Copy (b = -.009, p < .001) and Turn 360 (b = -.011, p < .001), and reasoning training attenuated age-related declines in Digit Symbol Copy (b = -.012, p < .001) and Turn 360 (b = -.012, p < .001). There was no significant transfer to grip strength. This is the first study to demonstrate beneficial effects of cognitive training to some physical functions across 10 years. Future work should examine moderators and mediators of transfer effects.

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Intelligibility of Time-Altered Speech in Relation to Chronological Aging

Journal of Speech and Hearing Research ◽

10.1044/jshr.2001.108 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 108-115 ◽

Cited By ~ 68

Author(s):

Dan F. Konkle ◽

Daniel S. Beasley ◽

Fred H. Bess

Keyword(s):

Auditory Processing ◽

Speech Intelligibility ◽

Age Groups ◽

Processing System ◽

Resolving Power ◽

Central Auditory Processing ◽

Speech Discrimination ◽

Chronological Aging ◽

Time Compression ◽

Test Number

The Northwestern University Auditory Test Number 6 (NU-6) measure of speech discrimination was time compressed and presented to four age groups ranging from 54 to 84 years of age. Experimental stimuli were presented at sensation levels of 24, 32, and 40 dB to an equal number of right and left ears and male and female subjects. Results indicated that intelligibility decreased as a function of increasing time compression and age and decreasing sensation level. Changes in speech intelligibility associated with the aging process appear to be closely allied to changes in the temporal resolving power of the central auditory processing system.

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