Somatosensory gating is related to behavioral and verbal outcomes in children with mild-to-severe hearing loss.

ABSTRACT: Sensory gating is a process by which the brain filters out redundant information to preserve neural resources for behaviorally relevant stimuli. Although studies have shown alterations in auditory and visual processing in children who are hard-of-hearing (CHH) relative to children with normal hearing (CNH), it is unclear whether these alterations extend to the somatosensory domain, and how aberrations in sensory processing affect sensory gating. In this study, CHH and CNH were presented with a paired-pulse median nerve stimulation during magnetoencephalography. Stimulus-related gamma neural activity was imaged and virtual time series from peak somatosensory responses were extracted. We found significant effects of both stimulus and group, as well as a significant group-by-stimulus interact

SUBMITTER: Heinrichs-Graham E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10151872 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature