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ArticleEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2022

Auditory processing in normally hearing individuals with and without tinnitus: assessment with four psychoacoustic tests.

Danuta Raj-Koziak, Elżbieta Gos, Agata Szkiełkowska, Aleksandra Panasiewicz, Lucyna Karpiesz, Justyna Kutyba, Henryk Skarzynski, Piotr H Skarzynski

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Article in European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Danuta Raj-KoziakAudiology and Phoniatrics Clinic, Tinnitus Department, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, 10 Mochnackiego Street, 02-042, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4067-6043
Elżbieta GosDepartment of Audiology and Screening, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, 10 Mochnackiego Street, 02-042, Warsaw, Poland. e.gos@ifps.org.pl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3173-3867
Agata SzkiełkowskaAudiology and Phoniatrics Clinic, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, 10 Mochnackiego Street, 02-042, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2122-7872
Aleksandra PanasiewiczAudiology and Phoniatrics Clinic, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, 10 Mochnackiego Street, 02-042, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4363-3222
Lucyna KarpieszAudiology and Phoniatrics Clinic, Tinnitus Department, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, 10 Mochnackiego Street, 02-042, Warsaw, Poland.
Justyna KutybaAudiology and Phoniatrics Clinic, Tinnitus Department, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, 10 Mochnackiego Street, 02-042, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7828-3712
Henryk SkarzynskiOto-Rhino-Laryngosurgery Clinic, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, 10 Mochnackiego Street, 02-042, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7141-9851
Piotr H SkarzynskiDepartment of Audiology and Screening, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, 10 Mochnackiego Street, 02-042, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4978-1915
Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing · PLMedical University of Warsaw · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeIn most cases, tinnitus co-exists with hearing loss, suggesting that poorer speech understanding is simply due to a lack of acoustic information reaching the central nervous system (CNS). However, it also happens that patients with tinnitus who have normal hearing also report problems with speech understanding, and it is possible to suppose that tinnitus is to blame for difficulties in perceptual processing of auditory information. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the auditory processing abilities of normally hearing subjects with and without tinnitus.

methodsThe study group comprised 97 adults, 54 of whom had normal hearing and chronic tinnitus (the study group) and 43 who had normal hearing and no tinnitus (the control group). The audiological assessment comprised pure-tone audiometry and high-frequency pure-tone audiometry, impedance audiometry, and distortion product oto-acoustic emission assessment. To evaluate possible auditory processing deficits, the Frequency Pattern Test (FPT), Duration Pattern Test (DPT), Dichotic Listening Test (DLT), and Gap Detection Threshold (GDT) tests were performed.

resultsThe tinnitus subjects had significantly lower scores than the controls in the gap detection test (p < 0.01) and in the dichotic listening test (p < 0.001), but only for the right ear. The results for both groups were similar in the temporal ordering tests (FPT and DPT). Right-ear advantage (REA) was found for the controls, but not for the tinnitus subjects.

conclusionIn normally hearing patients, the presence of tinnitus may be accompanied with auditory processing difficulties.

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TinnitusAdultAudiometry, Pure-ToneAuditory PerceptionAuditory ThresholdHearingHumansPsychoacousticsAuditory processingEar advantageNormal hearingTinnitus

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