Temporal processing, spectral processing, and speech perception in noise abilities among individuals with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis

Abstract

Background

In the literature, the effect of chronic kidney disease on the peripheral auditory system has been well documented. But studies investigating the effect of chronic kidney disease on speech perception and auditory processing abilities are limited.

Aims/objectives

The present study investigated the effect of chronic kidney disease on different auditory processing tasks and speech perception in noise among adults.

Material and methods

A total of 28 adults participated in the study. Group 1 included 14 individuals with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis, and Group 2 included 14 individuals with no known kidney complications. Amplitude modulation detection threshold, gap detection threshold, spectral ripple discrimination threshold, and speech recognition threshold in noise were measured. Independent samples t-test was carried out to investigate whether mean thresholds are significantly different between groups.

Results

Results showed poorer gap detection threshold, amplitude modulation detection threshold, spectral ripple discrimination threshold, and speech recognition threshold in noise among individuals with chronic kidney disease compared to individuals with no known kidney complications.

Conclusions

The present study showed poorer auditory processing and speech perception abilities in individuals with chronic kidney disease.

Chinese abstract

背景：在文献中, 有很多关于慢性肾脏病对外周听觉系统的影响的资料。但关于慢性肾病对言语感知和听觉处理能力的影响的研究仍很有限。

目的：本研究调查了慢性肾病对成人在噪声中不同听觉处理任务和语音感知的影响。

材料和方法：共有 28 名成年人参与了这项研究。第 1 组包括 14 位接受血液透析的慢性肾病患者, 第 2 组包括 14 名无已知肾脏并发症。测量了调幅检测阈值、间隙检测阈值、谱纹识别阈值和噪声中的语音识别阈值。进行独立样本 t 检验以研究组间的平均阈值是否明显不同。

结果：结果显示, 与没有已知肾脏并发症的个体相比, 患有慢性肾病的患者表现出较差的间隙检测阈值、调幅检测阈值、频谱波纹鉴别阈值和噪声中语音识别阈值。

结论：本研究表明, 慢性肾病患者的听觉处理和言语感知能力较差。

Keywords:

• Speech perception
• auditory processing
• temporal processing
• spectral processing
• chronic kidney disease

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