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Auditory Rehabilitation after Stroke: Treatment of Auditory Processing Disorders in Stroke Patients with Personal Frequency-Modulated (FM) Systems

Koohi, N; Vickers, D; Chandrashekar, H; Tsang, B; Werring, D; Bamiou, D; (2016) Auditory Rehabilitation after Stroke: Treatment of Auditory Processing Disorders in Stroke Patients with Personal Frequency-Modulated (FM) Systems. Disability and Rehabilitation , 39 (6) pp. 586-593. 10.3109/09638288.2016.1152608. Green open access

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Abstract

Purpose: Auditory disability due to impaired auditory processing (AP) despite normal pure-tone thresholds is common after stroke, and it leads to isolation, reduced quality of life and physical decline. There are currently no proven remedial interventions for AP deficits in stroke patients. This is the first study to investigate the benefits of personal frequency-modulated (FM) systems in stroke patients with disordered AP. Methods: Fifty stroke patients had baseline audiological assessments, AP tests and completed the (modified) Amsterdam Inventory for Auditory Disability (AIAD) and Hearing Handicap Inventory for Elderly (HHIE) questionnaires. Nine out of these fifty patients were diagnosed with disordered AP based on severe deficits in understanding speech in background noise but with normal pure-tone thresholds. These nine patients underwent spatial speech-in-noise testing in a sound-attenuating chamber (the “crescent of sound”) with and without FM systems. Results: The signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) for 50% correct speech recognition performance was measured with speech presented from 0° azimuth and competing babble from ±90° azimuth. Spatial release from masking (SRM) was defined as the difference between SNRs measured with co-located speech and babble and SNRs measured with spatially separated speech and babble. The SRM significantly improved when babble was spatially separated from target speech, while the patients had the FM systems in their ears compared to without the FM systems. Conclusions: Personal FM systems may substantially improve speech-in-noise deficits in stroke patients who are not eligible for conventional hearing aids. FMs are feasible in stroke patients and show promise to address impaired AP after stroke.

Type: Article
Title: Auditory Rehabilitation after Stroke: Treatment of Auditory Processing Disorders in Stroke Patients with Personal Frequency-Modulated (FM) Systems
Location: united kingdom
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2016.1152608
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2016.1152608
Language: English
Additional information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Disability and Rehabilitation on 23 March 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.3109/09638288.2016.1152608.
Keywords: Stroke, Frequency-Modulated Systems, Auditory Processing
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > The Ear Institute
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Brain Repair and Rehabilitation
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Clinical and Movement Neurosciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1476594
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