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. 2023 Mar;75(1):1-7.
doi: 10.1007/s12070-022-03126-w. Epub 2022 Aug 3.

Relationship Between Central Auditory Processing Abilities and Working Memory During Adolescence

Chandni Jain  1 , P G Vipin Ghosh  2 , K B Chetak  3 , Aishwarya Lakshmi  4
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Relationship Between Central Auditory Processing Abilities and Working Memory During Adolescence

Chandni Jain et al. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 Mar.

Abstract

Purpose: Adolescence is a period of transformation in humans with changes in the neural physiology at subcortical and cortical levels. However, its significance on auditory processing skills and working memory skills and their association is yet to be well understood. Hence, the current study was designed to evaluate and establish the association between auditory processing skills and working memory abilities in adolescents.

Method: A total of 125 adolescents within the age range of 10 to 15 years participated in the current study. All of them had normal hearing sensitivity and no associated obvious peripheral or central deficits. All the participants underwent auditory closure ability assessment using quick speech perception in noise test in Kannada, binaural integration ability assessment using dichotic CV test, and temporal processing assessment using gap detection test. Auditory working memory abilities were assessed using auditory digit span and digit sequencing.

Results: Spearman correlation was done to assess the correlation between auditory processing skills and working memory abilities. Results revealed a significant negative correlation between most of the central auditory processing abilities and all the working memory spans.

Conclusions: Findings of the current study indicate that individuals with poor working memory abilities have difficulty in auditory processing abilities.

Keywords: Adolescent; Auditory processing skills; Auditory working memory abilities.

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Conflict of interestAuthors declare no conflict of interest.

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a Scatter plots of SNR 50 and GDT for right and left ear as a function of forward digit span. R square values are represented on the top right corner of the scatter plot. b Scatter plots of SNR 50 and GDT for right and left ear as a function of backward digit span. R square values are represented on the top right corner of the scatter plot. c Scatter plots of SNR 50 and GDT for right and left ear and single correct score of the left ear (SCS—left) and double correct score (DCS) as a function of ascending digit span. R square values are represented on the top right corner of the scatter plot. d Scatter plots of SNR 50 and GDT for right and left ear and single correct score of the left ear (SCS—left) as a function of descending digit span. R square values are represented on the top right corner of the scatter plot
Fig. 1
Fig. 1
a Scatter plots of SNR 50 and GDT for right and left ear as a function of forward digit span. R square values are represented on the top right corner of the scatter plot. b Scatter plots of SNR 50 and GDT for right and left ear as a function of backward digit span. R square values are represented on the top right corner of the scatter plot. c Scatter plots of SNR 50 and GDT for right and left ear and single correct score of the left ear (SCS—left) and double correct score (DCS) as a function of ascending digit span. R square values are represented on the top right corner of the scatter plot. d Scatter plots of SNR 50 and GDT for right and left ear and single correct score of the left ear (SCS—left) as a function of descending digit span. R square values are represented on the top right corner of the scatter plot
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