Exploring auditory neglect: Anatomo-clinical correlations of auditory extinction

Publication date: Available online 23 May 2018Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation MedicineAuthor(s): Isabel Tissieres, Sonia Crottaz-Herbette, Stephanie ClarkeAbstractBackgroundThe key symptoms of auditory neglect include left extinction on tasks of dichotic and/or diotic listening and rightward shift in locating sounds. The anatomical correlates of the latter are relatively well understood, but no systematic studies have examined auditory extinction. Here, we performed a systematic study of anatomo-clinical correlates of extinction by using dichotic and/or diotic listening tasks.MethodsIn total, 20 patients with right hemispheric damage (RHD) and 19 with left hemispheric damage (LHD) performed dichotic and diotic listening tasks. Either task consists of the simultaneous presentation of word pairs; in the dichotic task, 1 word is presented to each ear, and in the diotic task, each word is lateralized by means of interaural time differences and presented to one side.Results and conclusionRHD was associated with exclusively contralesional extinction in dichotic or diotic listening, whereas in selected cases, LHD led to contra- or ipsilesional extinction. Bilateral symmetrical extinction occurred in RHD or LHD, with dichotic or diotic listening. The anatomical correlates of these extinction profiles offer an insight into the organisation of the auditory and attentional systems. First, left extinction in dichotic versus diotic listening involves different parts of the r...
Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research
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