简介：Mostadultswithauditoryprocessingdisorder(APD)oftenhavetroubleatwork.ItispossiblethattheselisteningproblemsinadultswithAPDinfluencetheirmentalhealth.Thus,wehavetotakethesubject'spersonalityandmentalstatusintoconsiderationwhensupportingsubjectswithAPD.However,studiesonAPDinadultsarecomparativelyrare.Inthisstudy,weaimedtoevaluatetherelationshipsbetweentheresultsofauditorytests,APDsymptoms,andpsychologicalstatusinsubjectswithAPD.Thisstudyincluded22adultswhocomplainedoflisteningproblemsineverydaylife,andtheyunderwentauditoryprocessingtestsandwerequestionedregardingtheirpsychologicalcharacteristics.Fromtheresultsoftheauditoryprocessingtests,allsubjectsshowedlowscoresonatleastonetest;therefore,theyweresuspectedofhavingAPD.Especially,thescoreswerelowontheauditorymemorytest.Furthermore,subjectswithAPDshowrelativelysimilarpsychologicalcharacteristicstoeachother.However,therewasnosignificantrelationshipbetweentheresultsoftheauditoryprocessingtestsandpsychologicalcharacteristics.Wehavetotakenoticeofasubject'spsychologicalstatewhentheyperceivetheirlisteningdifficultiesasalarge-scaleproblemandfeelanxiousasaresult.Forthispurpose,weshouldtakepsychologicalcharacteristicsintoconsiderationatthetimeofthemedicalexaminationinterviewbeforeaudio-psychologicaltesting.

简介：Previousresearchhasdemonstratedthattheamplitudeofevokedemissionsdecreasesinhumansub-jectswhenthecontralateralearisstimulatedbynoise.Themedialolivocochlearbundle(MOCB)isbe-lievedtocontrolthisphenomenon.Recentresearchhasexaminedthiseffectinindividualswithauditorypro-cessingdisorders(APD),specificallywithdifficultyunderstandingspeechinnoise.Resultsshowedtran-sientevokedotoacousticemissions(TEOAEs)werenotaffectedbycontralateralstimulationinthesesub-jects.MuchclinicalresearchhasmeasuredthefunctionoftheMOCBthroughTEOAEs.Thisstudywilluseanalternativetechnique,distortionproductotoacousticemissions(DPOAEs),toexaminethisphenomenonandevaluatethefunctionoftheMOCB.DPOAEsofindividualsinacontrolgroupwithnormalhearingandnosignificantauditoryprocessingdifficultieswerecomparedtotheDPOAEsofchildrenwithsignifi-cantauditoryprocessingdifficulties.Resultsshowedthatthesuppressioneffectwasobservedinthecontrolgroupat2kHzwith3kHzofnarrowbandnoise.Fortheauditoryprocessingdisordersgroup,nosignificantsuppressionwasobserved.Overall,DPOAEsshowedsuppressionwithcontralateralnoise,whiletheAPDgrouplevelsincreasedoverall.TheseresultsprovidefurtherevidencethattheMOCBmayhavereducedfunctioninchildrenwithAPD.

简介：Objective:TodemonstratetheperformancebenefitoftheAutomaticSceneClassifier（SCAN）algorithmavailableintheNucleus6（CP900series）soundprocessoroverthedefaultprocessingalgorithmsofthepreviousgenerationNucleus5（CP810）andFreedomHybridTMsoundprocessors.Methods:Eighty-twocochlearimplantrecipients（40Nucleus5processorusersand42FreedomHybridprocessorusers）listenedtoandrepeatedAzBiosentencesinnoisewiththeircurrentprocessorandwiththeNucleus6processor.Results:TheSCANalgorithmwhenenabledyieldedstatisticallysignificantnon-inferiorandsuperiorperformancewhencomparedtotheNucleus5andFreedomHybridsoundprocessorsprogrammedwithASCtADRO.Conclusion:TheresultsofthesestudiesdemonstratethesuperiorperformanceandclinicalutilityoftheSCANalgorithmintheNucleus6processorovertheNucleus5andFreedomHybridprocessors.