Dimitra Angeli , Eirini Kelmali , Vasilios K. Kimiskidis , Doris-Eva Bamiou , Vasiliki Maria Iliadou
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Abstract
Background
Hearing efficiency is known to influence and interact with communication and mental health. Hearing impairment may be hidden when co-occurring with neurological disorders.
Purpose
We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis in order to address the following questions: 1) which specific tools of auditory processing show clear deficits, separating Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE) patients from normal controls,2) How well is TLE evaluated in terms of hearing and auditory processing?
Methods
The study inclusion criteria were: 1) patients diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy, 2) presence of a normal control group, 3) auditory processing assessment using auditory stimuli with behavioral tests and/or P300 or Mitch Match Negativity (MMN) latency and/or amplitude, 4) publications written in English, 5) publication date after 2000. 132 articles were retrieved and based on PRISMA & PICO criteria 23 articles were analyzed.
Results
Temporal resolution and processing as measured by the behavioral tests of Gaps-In-Noise (GIN) and Duration Pattern Test (DPT) document deficiencies in TLE patients and separate them from normal controls. Electrophysiology as measured by MMN & P300 shows statistically significant differences in TLE patients compared to controls with patients showing deficient auditory processing. A clear difference between studies with psychoacoustic assessment as opposed to electrophysiology ones may be due to lacking or incomplete evaluation of peripheral hearing by gold standard tools (76.9% in electrophysiology studies).
Conclusion
Auditory processing is deficient in patients with TLE. There is a clear need to evaluate hearing efficiency before proceeding to auditory processing evaluation with behavioral or electrophysiological tests.
期刊介绍:
Epilepsy & Behavior is the fastest-growing international journal uniquely devoted to the rapid dissemination of the most current information available on the behavioral aspects of seizures and epilepsy.
Epilepsy & Behavior presents original peer-reviewed articles based on laboratory and clinical research. Topics are drawn from a variety of fields, including clinical neurology, neurosurgery, neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, and neuroimaging.
From September 2012 Epilepsy & Behavior stopped accepting Case Reports for publication in the journal. From this date authors who submit to Epilepsy & Behavior will be offered a transfer or asked to resubmit their Case Reports to its new sister journal, Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports.