scholarly journals Auditory Brainstem Response with Cognitive Interference in Normal and Autism Spectrum Disorder Children - Understanding the Auditory Sensory Gating Mechanism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Aidil Arafat Dzulkarnain ◽  
Nur Hafizah Sulaiman ◽  
Fatin Amira Shahrudin ◽  
Shahrul Na’im Sidek ◽  
Hazlina Md. Yusof ◽  
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Earlier studies disputed the influence of higher-order function such as attention or cognitive inhibition on the auditory brainstem response (ABR) result. In short, the ABR result was considered similar with or without the subject paying attention. However, in the last few years, there has been growing evidence that the higher-order function may influence the ABR findings provided the sensory gating system of the brain is triggered by any cognitive interference activities. This chapter will explain the concept of auditory sensory gating, a method to measure auditory sensory gating, and at the end of the chapter, preliminary findings concerning the ABR with cognitive interference among ten normally developing children are presented. This chapter will also share a case study that compared auditory sensory gating capacity in normal and children with mild autism spectrum disorder (ASD).


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oren Miron ◽  
Rafael E. Delgado ◽  
Christine F. Delgado ◽  
Elizabeth A. Simpson ◽  
Kun‐Hsing Yu ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Ramezani ◽  
Yones Lotfi ◽  
Abdollah Moossavi ◽  
Enayatollah Bakhshi


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jierong Chen ◽  
Zhen Wei ◽  
Chun Liang ◽  
Binguang Liu ◽  
Jimin Guo ◽  
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is very heterogeneous, particularly in language. Studies have suggested that language impairment is linked to auditory-brainstem dysfunction in ASD. However, not all ASD children have these deficits, which suggests potential subtypes of ASD. We classified ASD children into two subtypes according to their speech-evoked auditory brainstem response (speech-ABR) and explored the neural substrates for possible subtypes. Twenty-nine children with ASD and 25 typically developing (TD) peers were enrolled to undergo speech-ABR testing and structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI). There were significant differences between the ASD group and TD group in surface area, cortical volume and cortical thickness. According to speech-ABR results, ASD participants were divided into the ASD-typical (ASD-T) group and ASD-atypical (ASD-A) group. Compared with the ASD-T group, the ASD-A group had a lower score in language of the Gesell Developmental Diagnosis Scale (GDDS), increased left rostral middle frontal gyrus (lRMFG) area and decreased local gyrification index of the right superior temporal gyrus. GDDS-language and surface area of lRMFG were correlated to the wave-A amplitude in ASD. Surface area of lRMFG had an indirect effect on language performance via alteration of the wave-V amplitude. Thus, cortical deficits may impair language ability in children with ASD by causing subcortical dysfunction at preschool age. These evidences support dysfunction of the auditory brainstem as a potential subtype of ASD. Besides, this subtype-based method may be useful for various clinical applications.



2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph P. Pillion ◽  
Dana Boatman-Reich ◽  
Barry Gordon


2019 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Smith ◽  
Samantha Storti ◽  
Richard Lukose ◽  
Randy J. Kulesza Jr




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