Citation

Turgeon C, Champoux F, Lepore F, Leclerc S, Ellemberg D. Ear Hear. 2011; 32(5): 667-670.

Affiliation

Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition, Université de Montréal; Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain, Institut Raymond-Dewar; and Département de Kinésiologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/AUD.0b013e31821209d6

PMID

21399499

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:: The aim of the study is to investigate whether sport-related concussions disrupt auditory processes. DESIGN:: 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.

Language: en