Evaluation of higher-level auditory function in children with asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection

P K Connolly; S Jerger; W D Williamson; R J Smith; G Demmler

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Evaluation of higher-level auditory function in children with asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection

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Evaluation of higher-level auditory function in children with asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection

P K Connolly, S Jerger, W D Williamson, R J Smith and G Demmler

The American journal of otology (New York, N.Y.), Vol.13(2), pp.185-193

03/1992

PMID: 1317995

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Abstract

Higher-level auditory/cognitive functions were evaluated in 16 children: eight with asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections and eight children documented not to have asymptomatic congenital CMV infections. Hearing sensitivity was within normal limits in all subjects. Results in both groups were within the normal range on the screening measures of verbal abilities, visual perception, social behavior, and memory span. In contrast, results of the auditory measures revealed abnormal dichotic speech perception, delayed latencies on auditory brainstem evoked responses, and disproportionately slow reaction times in a difficult listening condition (Stroop task). With the exception of dichotic speech perception, however, the pattern of auditory results suggested subtle disorders that were difficult to discern unequivocally with the small subject sample. Further studies are encouraged to determine the status of higher-level auditory/cognitive functions in children with asymptomatic congenital CMV infections.

Verbal Behavior

Cytomegalovirus Infections - physiopathology

Humans

Memory

Child, Preschool

Male

Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem

Social Behavior

Female

Visual Perception

Hearing - physiology

Cytomegalovirus Infections - congenital

Child

Longitudinal Studies

Speech Perception

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Title: Subtitle: Evaluation of higher-level auditory function in children with asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection
Creators: P K Connolly - Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030-3478
S Jerger
W D Williamson
R J Smith
G Demmler
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: The American journal of otology (New York, N.Y.), Vol.13(2), pp.185-193
PMID: 1317995
NLM abbreviation: Am J Otol
ISSN: 0192-9763
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; United States
Grant note: 5P30HD24064 / NICHD NIH HHS DC00421 / NIDCD NIH HHS MO1 RR00188 / NCRR NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 03/1992
Academic Unit: Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Anatomy and Cell Biology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Otolaryngology; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984006456302771

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