title: Monotic auditory processing disorder tests in the older adult population.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine if peripheral hearing loss of varying degrees in elderly subjects affected performance on monotic auditory processing disorder (APD) tests. A battery of monotic APD tests was administered to a group of well-educated and high-functioning older adults who were divided into three subgroups based on hearing acuity but similar in age: (1) normal hearing out to 4000 Hz with a slight high-frequency slope above that point, (2) normal hearing in the speech range but greater high-frequency loss (sloping configuration), and (3) hearing loss in both the low and high frequencies (low/high). The findings documented that subjects with normal hearing in the speech range performed well on all the APD tests. The subjects in the two hearing loss groups, however, performed more poorly on certain tests. The low/high loss subjects did significantly poorer than did the sloping subjects. These data suggest that low/high-frequency peripheral hearing loss is a factor for poor performance on certain monotic APD tests. Results further showed that when cognitive ability and presentation level are held constant, chronological age does not appear to be a contributing factor to performance on the majority of these monotic APD tests. If APD tests are to be administered to elder subjects, peripheral hearing loss configuration needs to be documented. For subjects with low/high-frequency losses, the tester needs to be aware that serious contamination of the results may occur.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Boston University School of Medicine, 720 Harrison Ave., Ste. 601, Boston, MA 02118, USA. clcox@bu.edu
authors.forename: L Clarke
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Sandra L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: McCoy
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Tun
authors.forename: Arthur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wingfield
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006320:Hearing Tests / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009622:Noise; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*
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