Neuropsychological Functions and Audiological Findings in Elderly Cochlear Implant Users: The Role of Attention in Postoperative Performance
Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate in a group of elderly CI users working memory and attention, conventionally considered as predictors of better CI performance and to try to disentangle the effects of these cognitive domains on speech perception, finding potential markers of cogniti...
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| author | Ilaria Giallini Bianca Maria Serena Inguscio Maria Nicastri Ginevra Portanova Andrea Ciofalo Annalisa Pace Antonio Greco Hilal Dincer D’Alessandro Patrizia Mancini |
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| description | Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate in a group of elderly CI users working memory and attention, conventionally considered as predictors of better CI performance and to try to disentangle the effects of these cognitive domains on speech perception, finding potential markers of cognitive decline related to audiometric findings. Methods Thirty postlingually deafened CI users aged >60 underwent an audiological evaluation followed by a cognitive assessment of attention and verbal working memory. A correlation analysis was performed to evaluate the associations between cognitive variables while a simple regression investigated the relationships between cognitive and audiological variables. Comparative analysis was performed to compare variables on the basis of subjects’ attention performance. Results: Attention was found to play a significant role in sound field and speech perception. Univariate analysis found a significant difference between poor and high attention performers, while regression analysis showed that attention significantly predicted recognition of words presented at Signal/Noise +10. Further, the high attention performers showed significantly higher scores than low attentional performers for all working memory tasks. Conclusion: Overall findings confirmed that a better cognitive performance may positively contribute to better speech perception outcomes, especially in complex listening situations. WM may play a crucial role in storage and processing of auditory-verbal stimuli and a robust attention may lead to better performance for speech perception in noise. Implementation of cognitive training in auditory rehabilitation of CI users should be investigated in order to improve cognitive and audiological performance in elderly CI users. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b978327d278c4a078b5b7c77e893c3452023-11-17T18:18:40ZengMDPI AGAudiology Research2039-43492023-03-0113223625310.3390/audiolres13020022Neuropsychological Functions and Audiological Findings in Elderly Cochlear Implant Users: The Role of Attention in Postoperative PerformanceIlaria Giallini0Bianca Maria Serena Inguscio1Maria Nicastri2Ginevra Portanova3Andrea Ciofalo4Annalisa Pace5Antonio Greco6Hilal Dincer D’Alessandro7Patrizia Mancini8Department of Sense Organs, University Sapienza of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale dell’Università 31, 00161 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Sense Organs, University Sapienza of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale dell’Università 31, 00161 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Sense Organs, University Sapienza of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale dell’Università 31, 00161 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Sense Organs, University Sapienza of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale dell’Università 31, 00161 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Sense Organs, University Sapienza of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale dell’Università 31, 00161 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Sense Organs, University Sapienza of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale dell’Università 31, 00161 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Sense Organs, University Sapienza of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale dell’Università 31, 00161 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Audiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hacettepe University, 06230 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Sense Organs, University Sapienza of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale dell’Università 31, 00161 Rome, ItalyObjectives: The present study aimed to investigate in a group of elderly CI users working memory and attention, conventionally considered as predictors of better CI performance and to try to disentangle the effects of these cognitive domains on speech perception, finding potential markers of cognitive decline related to audiometric findings. Methods Thirty postlingually deafened CI users aged >60 underwent an audiological evaluation followed by a cognitive assessment of attention and verbal working memory. A correlation analysis was performed to evaluate the associations between cognitive variables while a simple regression investigated the relationships between cognitive and audiological variables. Comparative analysis was performed to compare variables on the basis of subjects’ attention performance. Results: Attention was found to play a significant role in sound field and speech perception. Univariate analysis found a significant difference between poor and high attention performers, while regression analysis showed that attention significantly predicted recognition of words presented at Signal/Noise +10. Further, the high attention performers showed significantly higher scores than low attentional performers for all working memory tasks. Conclusion: Overall findings confirmed that a better cognitive performance may positively contribute to better speech perception outcomes, especially in complex listening situations. WM may play a crucial role in storage and processing of auditory-verbal stimuli and a robust attention may lead to better performance for speech perception in noise. Implementation of cognitive training in auditory rehabilitation of CI users should be investigated in order to improve cognitive and audiological performance in elderly CI users.https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4349/13/2/22cochlear implantationcognitionolder adultsspeech perceptionattentionworking memory |
| spellingShingle | Ilaria Giallini Bianca Maria Serena Inguscio Maria Nicastri Ginevra Portanova Andrea Ciofalo Annalisa Pace Antonio Greco Hilal Dincer D’Alessandro Patrizia Mancini Neuropsychological Functions and Audiological Findings in Elderly Cochlear Implant Users: The Role of Attention in Postoperative Performance Audiology Research cochlear implantation cognition older adults speech perception attention working memory |
| title | Neuropsychological Functions and Audiological Findings in Elderly Cochlear Implant Users: The Role of Attention in Postoperative Performance |
| title_full | Neuropsychological Functions and Audiological Findings in Elderly Cochlear Implant Users: The Role of Attention in Postoperative Performance |
| title_fullStr | Neuropsychological Functions and Audiological Findings in Elderly Cochlear Implant Users: The Role of Attention in Postoperative Performance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neuropsychological Functions and Audiological Findings in Elderly Cochlear Implant Users: The Role of Attention in Postoperative Performance |
| title_short | Neuropsychological Functions and Audiological Findings in Elderly Cochlear Implant Users: The Role of Attention in Postoperative Performance |
| title_sort | neuropsychological functions and audiological findings in elderly cochlear implant users the role of attention in postoperative performance |
| topic | cochlear implantation cognition older adults speech perception attention working memory |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4349/13/2/22 |
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