title: Effect of stimulant medication on the acceptance of background noise in individuals with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
abstract: Available data indicate that, on some auditory tasks, individuals with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD/ADD) perform more poorly than individuals without ADHD/ADD. Research also indicates that performance may improve with the use of stimulant medication. The present study (1) examined the effect of stimulant medication on acceptance of background noise in individuals with ADHD/ADD and (2) investigated the dependence of speech presentation level on acceptance of noise in persons with ADHD/ADD. Fifteen normal hearing female college students with ADHD/ADD served as the participants. The participants were medicated in one session and unmedicated in the other session. Results showed that medication significantly increased the acceptance of background noise for individuals with ADHD/ADD. Results also indicated that acceptance of noise depends on speech presentation level, but the improvement in acceptance of noise was not dependent on medication.
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee, Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, Knoxville 37996-0740, USA. mfreyald@utk.edu
authors.forename: Melinda C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Freyaldenhoven
authors.forename: James W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Thelin
authors.forename: Patrick N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Plyler
authors.forename: Anna K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Nabelek
authors.forename: Samuel B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Burchfield
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013060:Speech; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants