An optimal dichotic-listening paradigm for the assessment of hemispheric dominance for speech processing.

ABSTRACT: Dichotic-listening paradigms are widely accepted as non-invasive tests of hemispheric dominance for language processing and represent a standard diagnostic tool for the assessment of developmental auditory and language disorders. Despite its popularity in research and clinical settings, dichotic paradigms show comparatively low reliability, significantly threatening the validity of conclusions drawn from the results. Thus, the aim of the present work was to design and evaluate a novel, highly reliable dichotic-listening paradigm for the assessment of hemispheric differences. Based on an extensive literature review, the paradigm was optimized to account for the main experimental variables which are known to systematically bias task performance or affect random error variance. The main desig

SUBMITTER: Westerhausen R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7297371 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature