Comparison of Auditory Brainstem Maturation in Prematurely Born Twin and Singleton Infants: A Retrospective Study.

Twins, especially second-born twins, have more unfavorable pregnancy results than singletons. Despite the fact that more than half of twins have been prematurely born, research on auditory brainstem maturation in premature twins is limited. Thus, the goal of this research was to compare the maturation of the maturation of the auditory brainstem in preterm twins and singletons, as well as investigate this maturation process with regard to birth order.

Regularity of background auditory scene and selective attention: A brain oscillatory study.

There are scarce data related to the facilitative effects of regularity encoding on auditory selective attention during every day listening conditions. Therefore, present study aimed to investigate how temporal and spectral regularities of background auditory stream affect auditory selective attention at both levels of brain neural oscillatory activities and involved cortical locations. EEG was recorded in healthy young adults listening to two concurrent auditory streams including background and foreground ones in three conditions differing for background auditory stream which was characterized by having spectral or temporal sound regularities and random structure.

Hearing status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Background: Previous studies showed that one of the complications of rheumatoid arthritis disease was auditory disorder. The goal of the present study was to compare the auditory status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and healthy individuals.

Methods: In the present case-control study, 30 normal persons and 60 persons with rheumatoid arthritis with mean age of 46.

Psychometric properties of Persian version of the Sustained Auditory Attention Capacity Test in children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder.

Background: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric properties (validity and reliability) of the Persian version of the Sustained Auditory Attention Capacity Test in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Methods: The Persian version of the Sustained Auditory Attention Capacity Test was constructed to assess sustained auditory attention using the method provided by Feniman and colleagues (2007). In this test, comments were provided to assess the child's attentional deficit by determining inattention and impulsiveness error, the total scores of the sustained auditory attention capacity test and attention span reduction index.