Normative Data for Tonal Auditory Temporal Processing Tests in Persian-Speaking Adults

Document Type : Original article

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1 Lecturer, MSc in Audiology, Audiology Department, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Student Research Committee. MSc in Audiology, Audiology Department, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Professor in Biostatistics, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Background and Aim: Auditory temporal processing is the perception of sound or perception of sound changes within a short time interval and seems to be a major capability in the perception of speech and non-speech sounds, music, rhythm and periodicity. Auditory temporal processing is also considered as an essential ability in discrimination of pitch, duration of acoustic signals and phoneme. Several tests have been developed to assess auditory temporal processing; the most popular of these tests are Duration Pattern Sequence Test (DPST), Pitch Pattern Sequence Test (PPST), and Random Gap Detection Test (RGDT).
Materials and Methods: The current study was carried out on 100 monolingual individuals (people with Persian language) with normal hearing including 50 females and 50 males. DPST, PPST, and RGDT were performed for all cases.
Results: The means and standard deviations for DPST, PPST, and RGDT were %96.61 ± 4.51, %89.78 ± 7.72, and 8.07 ms ± 3.56, respectively. The results revealed no significant differences between the results of women and men in any of the tests (P>0.05). The statistical results showed no significant differences between right and left ears scores in monaural tests (P>0.05).
Conclusion: According to the statistical analysis, it seems that normative data obtained in the present study could be used as a diagnostic tool for determination of auditory cortical lesions in adults.

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The Scientific Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 3
September and October 2017
Pages 203-210

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  • Receive Date: 19 February 2017
  • Revise Date: 19 September 2017
  • Accept Date: 27 September 2017
  • First Publish Date: 27 September 2017

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