Auditory and Visual Response Inhibition in Children with Bilateral Hearing Aids and Children with ADHD.

ABSTRACT: Children fitted with hearing aids (HAs) and children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often have marked difficulties concentrating in noisy environments. However, little is known about the underlying neural mechanism of auditory and visual attention deficits in a direct comparison of both groups. The current functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study was the first to investigate the behavioral performance and neural activation during an auditory and a visual go/nogo paradigm in children fitted with bilateral HAs, children with ADHD and typically developing children (TDC). All children reacted faster, but less accurately, to visual than auditory stimuli, indicating a sensory-specific response inhibition efficiency. Independent of modality, children with ADHD and

SUBMITTER: Bell L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7287647 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature