TY - JOUR
T1 - Working memory function in children with single side deafness using a bone-anchored hearing implant: A case-control study
AU - Martines, Francesco
AU - Trabalzini, Franco
AU - Toffano, Roberta
AU - Burgio, Francesca
AU - Ippolito, Valentina
AU - Garofalo, Sabina
AU - Di Stadio, Arianna
AU - Di Stadio, Arianna
AU - Della Volpe, Antonio
AU - Ricci, Giampietro
AU - De Lucia, Antonietta
AU - Dipietro, Laura
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The importance of a good hearing function to preserve memory and cognitive abilities has been shown in the adult population, but studies on the pediatric population are currently lacking. This study aims at evaluating the effects of a bone-anchored hearing implant (BAHI) on speech perception, speech processing, and memory abilities in children with single side deafness (SSD). We enrolled n = 25 children with SSD and assessed them prior to BAHI implantation, and at 1-month and 3-month follow-ups after BAHI implantation using tests of perception in silence and perception in phonemic confusion, dictation in silence and noise, and working memory and short-term memory function in conditions of silence and noise. We also enrolled and evaluated n = 15 children with normal hearing. We found a statistically significant difference in performance between healthy children and children with SSD before BAHI implantation in the scores of all tests. After 3 months from BAHI implantation, the per-formance of children with SSD was comparable to that of healthy subjects as assessed by tests of speech perception, working memory, and short-term memory function in silence condition, while differences persisted in the scores of the dictation test (both in silence and noise conditions) and of the working memory function test in noise condition. Our data suggest that in children with SSD BAHI improves speech perception and memory. Speech rehabilitation may be necessary to further improve speech processing.
AB - The importance of a good hearing function to preserve memory and cognitive abilities has been shown in the adult population, but studies on the pediatric population are currently lacking. This study aims at evaluating the effects of a bone-anchored hearing implant (BAHI) on speech perception, speech processing, and memory abilities in children with single side deafness (SSD). We enrolled n = 25 children with SSD and assessed them prior to BAHI implantation, and at 1-month and 3-month follow-ups after BAHI implantation using tests of perception in silence and perception in phonemic confusion, dictation in silence and noise, and working memory and short-term memory function in conditions of silence and noise. We also enrolled and evaluated n = 15 children with normal hearing. We found a statistically significant difference in performance between healthy children and children with SSD before BAHI implantation in the scores of all tests. After 3 months from BAHI implantation, the per-formance of children with SSD was comparable to that of healthy subjects as assessed by tests of speech perception, working memory, and short-term memory function in silence condition, while differences persisted in the scores of the dictation test (both in silence and noise conditions) and of the working memory function test in noise condition. Our data suggest that in children with SSD BAHI improves speech perception and memory. Speech rehabilitation may be necessary to further improve speech processing.
KW - 3616
KW - Bone-anchored hearing implant
KW - Memory
KW - Normal hearing
KW - Otorhinolaryngology2734 Pathology and Forensic Medicine
KW - Physiology
KW - Sensory Systems
KW - Single side deafness
KW - Speech perception
KW - 3616
KW - Bone-anchored hearing implant
KW - Memory
KW - Normal hearing
KW - Otorhinolaryngology2734 Pathology and Forensic Medicine
KW - Physiology
KW - Sensory Systems
KW - Single side deafness
KW - Speech perception
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/351249
UR - http://www.karger.ch/journals/aud/aud_jh.htm
M3 - Article
VL - 23
SP - 238
EP - 244
JO - AUDIOLOGY & NEURO-OTOLOGY
JF - AUDIOLOGY & NEURO-OTOLOGY
SN - 1420-3030
ER -