Effectiveness of Noise Cancelling Earbuds in Reducing Hearing and Auditory Attention Deficits in Children with Autism
Abstract
:1. Background
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Pure Tone Audiometry
2.3. Noise Cancelling Earbuds
2.4. Speech Perception in Background Noise
2.5. Attention in Background Noise Assessment
2.6. Device Trial
2.7. Listening Inventory for Education-Revised (LIFE-R)
3. Results
3.1. Pure Tone Audiometry and Loudness Discomfort Levels
3.2. Speech Perception in Background Noise
3.3. Attention in Background Noise
3.4. Device Trial
3.5. Listening and Communication Disability
4. Discussion
4.1. Clinical Implications
4.2. Study Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Participant | Sex | Age | 4FA (L) | 4FA (R) | CNC Unaided | CNC Aided | Auditory Attention Unaided | Auditory Attention Aided | Sustained Auditory Attention Unaided | Sustained Auditory Attention Aided | Visual Attention Unaided | Visual Attention Aided | Sustained Visual Attention Unaided | Sustained Visual Attention Aided | LIFE-R Unaided | LIFE-R Aided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ASD1 | M | 10 | 10 | 11.25 | 42.7 | 57.3 | 59 | 98 | 59 | 68 | 92 | 98 | 94 | 94 | * | * |
ASD2 | M | 11 | 11.25 | 3.75 | 28.0 | 33.0 | 92 | 119 | 87 | 111 | 99 | 100 | 90 | 105 | 33.3 | 50.7 |
ASD3 | M | 7 | 13.75 | 11.25 | 1.3 | 13.3 | 95 | 108 | 81 | 104 | * | * | * | * | 41.0 | 41.0 |
ASD4 | F | 9 | 7.5 | 5 | 60.0 | 46.7 | 97 | 111 | 97 | 108 | 114 | 117 | 112 | 114 | * | * |
ASD5 | F | 7 | 3.75 | 7.5 | 2.7 | 49.3 | * | * | * | * | * | 109 | * | 102 | 29.3 | 29.3 |
ASD6 | M | 9 | 11.25 | 13.75 | 36.0 | 20.0 | 79 | 92 | 80 | 94 | 89 | 94 | 89 | 94 | * | * |
ASD7 | M | 8 | 17.5 | 16.25 | 24.0 | 37.3 | 90 | 76 | 88 | 87 | 103 | 93 | 104 | 87 | 74.7 | 96.0 |
ASD8 | F | 13 | 6.25 | 8.75 | 21.3 | 17.3 | 36 | 80 | 34 | 67 | 95 | 80 | 93 | 67 | 56.0 | 78.0 |
ASD9 | M | 7 | 12.5 | 11.25 | 26.7 | 25.3 | 54 | * | 44 | * | 85 | * | 89 | * | * | * |
ASD10 | M | 6 | 7.5 | 5 | DNT | DNT | DNT | DNT | DNT | DNT | DNT | DNT | DNT | DNT | DNT | DNT |
ASD11 | M | 9 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 25.0 | 36.0 | 99 | 104 | 74 | 105 | 100 | 102 | 92 | 108 | * | * |
ASD12 | M | 12 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 103 | * | 104 | 98 | 113 | 118 | 108 | 90 | 43.0 | 49.0 |
ASD13 | M | 11 | 10 | 12.5 | 28.4 | 36.7 | * | * | * | * | 20 | 27 | 0 | 34 | 33.3 | 43.0 |
Mean (Std Dev) | 9.2 (2.2) | 9.9 (3.5) | 9.5 (3.7) | 27.0 (15.7) | 33.5 (13.3) | 80.4 (22.8) | 98.5 (15.1) | 74.8 (22.6) | 93.6 (16.5) | 91.0 (26.7) | 93.8 (26.1) | 87.1 (31.7) | 89.5 (23.5) | 44.4 (16.0) | 55.3 (23.3) |
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Zanin, J.; Tomlin, D.; Rance, G. Effectiveness of Noise Cancelling Earbuds in Reducing Hearing and Auditory Attention Deficits in Children with Autism. J. Clin. Med. 2024, 13, 4786. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13164786
Zanin J, Tomlin D, Rance G. Effectiveness of Noise Cancelling Earbuds in Reducing Hearing and Auditory Attention Deficits in Children with Autism. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024; 13(16):4786. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13164786
Chicago/Turabian StyleZanin, Julien, Dani Tomlin, and Gary Rance. 2024. "Effectiveness of Noise Cancelling Earbuds in Reducing Hearing and Auditory Attention Deficits in Children with Autism" Journal of Clinical Medicine 13, no. 16: 4786. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13164786