[Dichotic digit test. Case].
In this study we present a case of a 71-year-old female patient with sensorineural hearing loss and fitted with bilateral hearing aids. The patient complained of scant benefit from the hearing aid fitting with difficulties in understanding speech with background noise. The otolaryngology examination was normal. Audiological tests revealed bilateral sensorineural hearing loss with threshold values of 51 and 50 dB HL in the right and left ear. The Dichotic Digit Test was administered in a divided attention mode and focalizing the attention to each ear. Results in this test are consistent with a Central Auditory Processing Disorder.
Zenker Castro
Franz
F
Fundación Canaria Dr. Barajas para la Prevención e Investigación de la Sordera. Santa Cruz de Tenerife. España. franz@clinicabarajas.com
Fernández Belda
Rafael
R
Barajas de Prat
José Juan
JJ
D000368:Aged; D004007:Dichotic Listening Tests; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans