scholarly journals Relationship between sensitivity to temporal fine structure and spoken language abilities in children with mild-to-moderate sensorineural hearing loss

2020 ◽  
Vol 148 (5) ◽  
pp. 3334-3347
Author(s):  
Laurianne Cabrera ◽  
Lorna F. Halliday
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Fine Structure ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Spoken Language ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing ◽  
Temporal Fine Structure ◽  
Language Abilities

scholarly journals Relationship between sensitivity to temporal fine structure and spoken language abilities in children with mild-to-moderate sensorineural hearing loss

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurianne Cabrera ◽  
Lorna Halliday
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Fine Structure ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Spoken Language ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing ◽  
Temporal Fine Structure ◽  
Language Outcomes ◽  
Language Abilities ◽  
Normal Limits ◽  
History Of

Children with sensorineural hearing loss show considerable variability in spoken language outcomes. We tested whether specific deficits in supra-threshold auditory perception might contribute to this variability. In a previous study [Halliday, Rosen, Tuomainen, & Calcus, (2019), J. Acoust. Soc. Am, 146, 4299], children with mild-to-moderate sensorineural hearing loss (MMHL) were shown to perform more poorly than normally hearing (NH) controls on measures designed to assess sensitivity to the temporal fine structure (TFS, the rapid oscillations in the amplitude of narrowband signals over short time intervals). However, they performed within normal limits on measures assessing sensitivity to the envelope (E; the slow fluctuations in the overall amplitude). Here, individual differences in unaided sensitivity to TFS accounted for significant variance in the spoken language abilities of children with MMHL, after controlling for nonverbal IQ, family history of language difficulties, and hearing loss severity. Aided sensitivity to TFS and E cues was equally important for children with MMHL, whereas for children with NH, E cues were more important. These findings suggest that deficits in TFS perception may contribute to the variability in spoken language outcomes in children with sensorineural hearing loss.

scholarly journals Impaired sensitivity to temporal fine structure but not the envelope for children with mild-to-moderate sensorineural hearing loss

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorna Halliday ◽  
Stuart Rosen ◽  
Outi Tuomainen ◽  
Axelle Calcus
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Fine Structure ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Auditory Processing ◽  
Maternal Education ◽  
Frequency Selectivity ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing ◽  
Temporal Fine Structure ◽  
Speech Discrimination

Psychophysical thresholds were measured for 8-16 year-old children with mild-to-moderate sensorineural hearing loss (MMHL; N = 46) on a battery of auditory processing tasks that included measures designed to be predominantly reliant upon frequency selectivity, and sensitivity to temporal fine structure (TFS) or envelope cues. Children with MMHL who wore hearing aids were tested in both unaided and aided conditions, and all were compared to a group of normally hearing (NH) age-matched controls. Children with MMHL performed more poorly than NH controls on tasks considered to be dependent upon frequency selectivity, sensitivity to TFS, and speech discrimination (/bɑ/-/dɑ/), but not on tasks measuring sensitivity to envelope cues. Auditory processing deficits remained regardless of age, were observed in both unaided and aided conditions, and could not be attributed to differences in nonverbal IQ or attention between groups. However, better auditory processing for children with MMHL was predicted by better audiometric thresholds and, for aided tasks only, higher levels of maternal education. These results suggest that, as for adults with MMHL, children with MMHL may show deficits in their frequency selectivity and sensitivity to TFS, but that sensitivity to envelope cues may remain intact.

Intratympanic Steroid and Oral Diuretics Combination Therapy for Acute Low Frequency Sensorineural Hearing Loss without Vertigo

2015 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Young Kwak ◽  
Kwang-Kyu Yu ◽  
Yong Kyung Kang ◽  
Sang Won Yoon ◽  
Hyun Joon Shim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Combination Therapy ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing

Clinical Usefulness of Viral IgM Antibody Test in Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Patient

2011 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moo Kyun Park ◽  
Jonge Dae Lee ◽  
Byung Don Lee ◽  
Hyun Woo Lim ◽  
Soon Jae Hwang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Antibody Test ◽  
Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing ◽  
Clinical Usefulness ◽  
Igm Antibody
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