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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2020

The Peripheral Hearing and Central Auditory Processing Skills of Individuals With Subjective Memory Complaints.

Dona M P Jayakody, Holly K Menegola, Jessica M Yiannos, Jack Goodman-Simpson, Peter L Friedland, Kevin Taddei, Simon M Laws, Michael Weinborn, Ralph N Martins, Hamid R Sohrabi

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Dona M P JayakodyEar Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, WA, Australia.
Holly K MenegolaEar Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, WA, Australia.
Jessica M YiannosEar Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, WA, Australia.
Jack Goodman-SimpsonEar Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, WA, Australia.
Peter L FriedlandDepartment of Otolaryngology Head Neck Skull Base Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA, Australia.
Kevin TaddeiSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.
Simon M LawsCollaborative Genomics Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.
Michael WeinbornSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.
Ralph N MartinsSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.
Hamid R SohrabiSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.
Ear Science Institute Australia · AUEdith Cowan University · AUMurdoch University · AUSir Charles Gairdner Hospital · AUUniversity of Western Australia · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study examined the central auditory processing (CAP) assessment results of adults between 45 and 85 years of age with probable pre-clinical Alzheimer's disease - i.e., individuals with subjective memory complaints (SMCs) as compared to those who were not reporting significant levels of memory complaints (non-SMCs). It was hypothesized that the SMC group would perform significantly poorer on tests of central auditory skills compared to participants with non-SMCs (control group).

methodsA total of 95 participants were recruited from the larger Western Australia Memory Study and were classified as SMCs (

resultsThe SMCs group performed significantly poorer than the control group on SSI-ICM -10 and -20 dB signal-to-noise conditions. No significant differences were found between the two groups on the peripheral hearing threshold measurements and other CAP assessments.

conclusionsThe results suggest that individuals with SMCs perform poorly on specific CAP assessments in comparison to the controls. The poor CAP in SMC individuals may result in a higher cost to their finite pool of cognitive resources. The CAP results provide yet another biomarker that supports the hypothesis that SMCs may be a primary indication of neuropathological changes in the brain. Longitudinal follow up of individuals with SMCs, and decreased CAP abilities should inform whether this group is at higher risk of developing dementia as compared to non-SMCs and those SMC individuals without CAP difficulties.

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APOE-ε4central auditory processingdementiahearing losssubjective memory complaints

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PMID32982675
PMCPMC7475691
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