• Neuroscience · May 2024

    Exploring the differences between an immature and a mature human auditory system through auditory late responses in quiet and in noise.

    • Fauve Duquette-Laplante, Benoît Jutras, Noémie Néron, Sandra Fortin, and Amineh Koravand.
    • Audiology and Speech Pathology Program, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa, Roger Guindon Hall, 451 Smyth Road, Room 3071, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada; School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Université de Montréal, c.p. 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal H3C 3J7, Canada; Research Center, CHU Sainte-Justine, 3175, Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, Québec H3T 1C5, Canada. Electronic address: fduqu103@uottawa.ca.
    • Neuroscience. 2024 May 3; 545: 171184171-184.

    AbstractChildren are disadvantaged compared to adults when they perceive speech in a noisy environment. Noise reduces their ability to extract and understand auditory information. Auditory-Evoked Late Responses (ALRs) offer insight into how the auditory system can process information in noise. This study investigated how noise, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and stimulus type affect ALRs in children and adults. Fifteen participants from each group with normal hearing were studied under various conditions. The findings revealed that both groups experienced delayed latencies and reduced amplitudes in noise but that children had fewer identifiable waves than adults. Babble noise had a significant impact on both groups, limiting the analysis to one condition: the /da/ stimulus at +10 dB SNR for the P1 wave. P1 amplitude was greater in quiet for children compared to adults, with no stimulus effect. Children generally exhibited longer latencies. N1 latency was longer in noise, with larger amplitudes in white noise compared to quiet for both groups. P2 latency was shorter with the verbal stimulus in quiet, with larger amplitudes in children than adults. N2 latency was shorter in quiet, with no amplitude differences between the groups. Overall, noise prolonged latencies and reduced amplitudes. Different noise types had varying impacts, with the eight-talker babble noise causing more disruption. Children's auditory system responded similarly to adults but may be more susceptible to noise. This research emphasizes the need to understand noise's impact on children's auditory development, given their exposure to noisy environments, requiring further exploration of noise parameters in children.Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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