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Title: | The frequency-following response (FFR) to speech stimuli: a normative dataset in healthy newborns |
Author: | Ribas-Prats, Teresa Almeida Toledano, Laura Costa Faidella, Jordi Plana Prades, Montserrat Corral, María-José Gómez Roig, Ma. Dolores Escera i Micó, Carles |
Keywords: | Neurologia dels nadons Estimulació del cervell Trastorns del llenguatge Neonatal neurology Brain stimulation Language disorders |
Issue Date: | 1-Jan-2019 |
Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. |
Abstract: | The Frequency-Following Response (FFR) is a neurophonic auditory evoked potential that reflects the efficient encoding of speech sounds and is disrupted in a range of speech and language disorders. This raises the possibility to use it as a potential biomarker for literacy impairment. However, reference values for comparison with the normal population are not yet established. The present study pursues the collection of a normative database depicting the standard variability of the newborn FFR. FFRs were recorded to /da/ and /ga/ syllables in 46 neonates born at term. Seven parameters were retrieved in the time and frequency domains, and analyzed for normality and differences between stimuli. A comprehensive normative database of the newborn FFR is offered, with most parameters showing normal distributions and similar robust responses for /da/ and /ga/ stimuli. This is the first normative database of the FFR to characterize normal speech sound processing during the immediate postnatal days, and corroborates the possibility to record the FFRs in neonates at the maternity hospital room. This normative database constitutes the first step towards the detection of early FFR abnormalities in newborns that would announce later language impairment, allowing early preventive measures from the first days of life. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2018.11.001 |
It is part of: | Hearing Research, 2019, vol. 371, p. 28-39 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/207334 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2018.11.001 |
ISSN: | 0378-5955 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Ciències Clíniques) |
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