November 15, 2007
This week I saw mostly hearing conservation clients. I was able to see the client I have been following all semester. He came in to pick up his hearing aids that were "broke". They weren't really broke, we just didn't know to put the retention pin in place! Anyways, since I didn't see anything too exciting, I started looking for an interesting article.
The article I found discussed the lack of right ear advantage in patients with ADHD. Some of the hearing related symptoms of ADHD include failing to give close attention to details, does not seem to listen when spoke to directly, and does not follow through on instructions. In this study, they compared a normal control group to the patients with ADHD. They found that most of the normal group had a right ear advantage, defined as a stronger average amplitude of OAE fro the RE than the LE. Most of the patients with ADHD lacked the right ear advantage. The group with ADHD had stronger emissions from the left ear. I thought this was a pretty interesting study since we hear so much about right ear advantage, but as seen with this group, that is not always the case.
Reference:
Combs, J.T. (2002). Lack of right ear advantage in patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Clinical Pediatrics (41) 231-234.
If you would like to read this article, please use the following link:
The article I found discussed the lack of right ear advantage in patients with ADHD. Some of the hearing related symptoms of ADHD include failing to give close attention to details, does not seem to listen when spoke to directly, and does not follow through on instructions. In this study, they compared a normal control group to the patients with ADHD. They found that most of the normal group had a right ear advantage, defined as a stronger average amplitude of OAE fro the RE than the LE. Most of the patients with ADHD lacked the right ear advantage. The group with ADHD had stronger emissions from the left ear. I thought this was a pretty interesting study since we hear so much about right ear advantage, but as seen with this group, that is not always the case.
Reference:
Combs, J.T. (2002). Lack of right ear advantage in patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Clinical Pediatrics (41) 231-234.
If you would like to read this article, please use the following link:
http://cpj.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/41/4/231?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=1&andorexacttitle=and&titleabstract=right+ear+advantage&andorexacttitleabs=and&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&fdate=1/1/2002&tdate=11/30/2007&resourcetype=HWCIT
posted by Diana @ 6:26 AM
1 Comments:
At 9:15 AM,
JPulice said…
Diana
I enjoyed your article on ADHD and the right ear advantage. I have read some other articles on this topic, but found yours the most interesting. Also thanks for the reminder about the little pins in the hearing aids. We will never forget those!!
-Jaryn
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