Is There a Relationship between Sound Localization and Speech Processing Speed in the Elderly with Normal Hearing?
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Abstract
Background and Aim: Many older adults experience difficulty in speech perception in noisy environments and fast speech. Speech perception is dependent on bottom-up and top-down auditory processing information. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between Interaural Time Difference (ITD) and speech processing speed in older adults with difficulty in speech perception in noise.
Methods: In this study, 36 Iranian older adults with normal hearing (23 men and 13 women) aged 65–75 years who had complaints about the difficulty with speech perception in noise, participated. The ITD test with two stimuli (high-pass and low-pass noise) was used to asess the auditory localization ability. Time-Compressed Speech Test (TCST) and reaction time test were used to measure their speech processing speed. Pearson correlation test was performed to examine the relationship between ITD and speech processing speed.
Results: The auditory localization errors were more significant for ITDs with low-pass noise than high-pass noise. The results showed a negative correlation between localization errors and the TCST score at time compression ratios of 40% (p=0.005) and 60% (p=0.002). The highest correlation was observed between ITD (low-pass noise) and the TCST score at the time compression ratio of 60% in the right ear (r=–0.66). The mean ITD errors were not significantly correlated to the reaction time test score (p>0.05).
Conclusion: Word recognition in the elderly declines with increasing speech rate. The findings of this study can be used in clinical practice for consultation and rehabilitation of older adults with communication difficulties.
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2. Aydelott J, Leech R, Crinion J. Normal adult aging and the contextual influences affecting speech and meaningful sound perception. Trends Amplif. 2010;14(4):218-32. DOI: 10.1177/1084713810393751
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4. Martin JS, Jerger JF. Some effects of aging on central auditory processing. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2005;42(4 Suppl 2):25-44. DOI: 10.1682/jrrd.2004.12.0164
5. Sonnadara RR, Alain C, Trainor LJ. Occasional changes in sound location enhance middle latency evoked responses. Brain Res. 2006;1076(1):187-92. DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.12.093
6. Algazi VR, Avendano C, Duda RO. Elevation localization and head-related transfer function analysis at low frequencies. J Acoust Soc Am. 2001;109(3):1110-22. DOI: 10.1121/1.1349185
7. Dreyer A, Delgutte B. Phase locking of auditory-nerve fibers to the envelopes of high-frequency sounds: implications for sound localization. J Neurophysiol. 2006;96(5):2327-41. DOI: 10.1152/jn.00326.2006
8. Macpherson EA, Middlebrooks JC. Listener weighting of cues for lateral angle: the duplex theory of sound localization revisited. J Acoust Soc Am. 2002;111(5 Pt 1):2219-36. DOI: 10.1121/1.1471898
9. Culling JF, Hawley ML, Litovsky RY. The role of head-induced interaural time and level differences in the speech reception threshold for multiple interfering sound sources. J Acoust Soc Am. 2004;116(2):1057-65. DOI: 10.1121/1.1772396
10. Arbogast TL, Mason CR, Kidd G Jr. The effect of spatial separation on informational masking of speech in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners. J Acoust Soc Am. 2005;117(4 Pt 1):2169-80. DOI: 10.1121/1.1861598
11. Kubo T, Sakashita T, Kusuki M, Kyunai K, Ueno K, Hikawa C, Wada T, Shibata T, Nakai Y. Sound lateralization and speech discrimination in patients with sensorineural hearing loss. Acta Otolaryngol Suppl. 1998;118(543):63-9. [DOI:10.1080/00016489850182765]
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32. Shelton J, Kumar GP. Comparison between Auditory and Visual Simple Reaction Times. Neuroscience and Medicine. 2010; 1(1): 30-32.
DOI:10.4236/nm.2010.11004
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