title: Auditory temporal processing in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.
abstract: Auditory temporal processing is the main feature of speech processing ability. Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, despite their normal hearing sensitivity, may present speech recognition disorders. The present study was carried out to evaluate the auditory temporal processing in patients with unilateral TLE.
  
  
  
  The present study was carried out on 25 patients with epilepsy: 11 patients with right temporal lobe epilepsy and 14 with left temporal lobe epilepsy with a mean age of 31.1years and 18 control participants with a mean age of 29.4years. The two experimental and control groups were evaluated via gap-in-noise and duration pattern sequence tests. One-way ANOVA was run to analyze the data.
  
  
  
  The mean of the threshold of the GIN test in the control group was observed to be better than that in participants with LTLE and RTLE. Also, it was observed that the percentage of correct responses on the DPS test in the control group and in participants with RTLE was better than that in participants with LTLE.
  
  
  
  Patients with TLE have difficulties in temporal processing. Difficulties are more significant in patients with LTLE, likely because the left temporal lobe is specialized for the processing of temporal information.
authors.affiliation: Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
authors.forename: Azam Navaei
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Lavasani
authors.affiliation: Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Electronic address: mohamadkhani@tums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Ghassem
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mohammadkhani
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Motamedi
authors.affiliation: Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Leyla Jalilvand
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Karimi
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
authors.forename: Shohreh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jalaei
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, School of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Central Branch, Iran.
authors.forename: Fereshteh Sadat
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Shojaei
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Danesh
authors.affiliation: Department of English Language Teaching, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Hadi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Azimi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: Duration pattern sequencing test; Gap-in-noise test; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Temporal processing; Temporal resolution