title: Auditory processing after sport-related concussions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study is to investigate whether sport-related concussions disrupt auditory processes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixteen university athletes participated in the study: eight had one or more sport-related concussions, and eight never experienced a concussion. The Frequency Pattern Sequence test, the Duration Pattern Sequence test, the Synthetic Sentence Identification test, and the Staggered Spondaic Word test were used to assess auditory processing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All nonconcussed athletes have normal auditory processing. In contrast, more than half of the concussed athletes had deficits for one or more of the auditory processing tests.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The pattern of results suggests that sport-related concussions can disrupt the neurological mechanisms implicated in several auditory processes, including monaural low-redundancy speech recognition, tone pattern recognition, and dichotic listening.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition, Université de Montréal, Canada.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Turgeon
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Champoux
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lepore
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leclerc
authors.forename: Dave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ellemberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001308:Auditory Perceptual Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000150:complications*; D004007:Dichotic Listening Tests; D005538:Football / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012916:Soccer / Q000293:injuries; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests; D013067:Speech Perception; D055815:Young Adult