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ArticleClinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2021

Acoustically Controlled Binaural Auditory Training with Vocal Duets: Assessment and Effectiveness.

Taís de Azevedo Picinini, Simone Sperança, Liliane Desgualdo Pereira

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Article in Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Taís de Azevedo PicininiPrograma de Pos-Graduacao em Disturbios da Comunicacao Humana, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR.ORCID 0000-0001-8524-3594
Simone SperançaPrograma de Pos-Graduacao em Disturbios da Comunicacao Humana, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR.ORCID 0000-0001-5820-7627
Liliane Desgualdo PereiraDepartamento de Fonoaudiologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR.ORCID 0000-0002-9700-052X
Universidade Federal de São Paulo · BRAssociação Paulista de Medicina · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesWe aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a binaural auditory training program with vocal duets by comparing skills through outcomes from behavioral and electrophysiological assessment instruments at three moments: before the intervention, moment one (M1); immediately after training, moment two (M2); and 3 months after, moment three (M3).

methodsThis interventional, longitudinal, prospective, and uncontrolled study was approved by our Research Ethics Committee. Binaural auditory training with vocal duets (ATVD) was applied in 10 adults with normal audiometric thresholds and auditory processing disorders. ATVD used four different vocals of a public domain song sung in a cappella as stimuli. Participants were asked to register any perceived difference in frequency for each syllable of the song during 30-minute sessions twice a week. The number of sessions required ranged from 12 (6 hours) to 20 (10 hours).

resultsRegarding behavioral tests, the dichotic consonant-vowel test showed significant evidence of an improved advantage in the left ear (LE) in the non-forced condition and a significant reduction in the number of errors at M2 and M3 in the forced left condition. The speech-in-noise test and frequency pattern test showed a significant reduction in impaired results at M2 and M3. Electrophysiological results showed a significant increase in the LE amplitude in the P3 long-latency auditory evoked potentials test, as well as a decrease in the auditory brainstem response test (III-V and I-V inter-peak latencies in the right ear and wave I and I-III inter-peak latencies in LE).

conclusionThe effectiveness of ATVD was evidenced, and the results were maintained after 3 months.

Indexed as

Auditory Perceptual DisordersEvoked Potentials, AuditoryAcoustic StimulationAdultEvoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain StemHumansNoiseProspective StudiesSpeech

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PMID33787671
PMCPMC7955147
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