FREQUENCY-FOLLOWING RESPONSE IN THE ELDERLY POPULATION: A SPEECH DECODING ANALYSIS

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1593722311094

• Palavras-chave: Elderly; speech perception; neuronal plasticity; Frequency Following Response.

• Keywords: Elderly; speech perception; neuronal plasticity; Frequency Following Response.

• Abstract:

  Goal: Describe the findings of Frequency-following Response in elderly. Methodology: this research was prospective, quantitative and cross-sectional. All seniors underwent anamnesis, meatoscopy, pure tone audiometry, logoaudiometry, imitanciometry, Edinburgh Manual Dominance Test, Mini Mental State Examination, Central Auditory Processing Assessment, Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential with click stimulus and Frequency-following Response. Due to strict eligibility criteria, the sample consisted of 25 elderly people, aged between 60 and 81, mean age of 66.88 years, 8 men and 17 women. Regarding the audiological characteristics, elderly people with normal hearing thresholds and mild and moderate sensorineural hearing loss were included. Results: It was possible to build the reference values for all the variables of the Frequency-following Response with speech stimulus, in the elderly, in the equipment: “Smart EP” of the brand: Intelligent Hearing Systems. Conclusion: Descriptive values for the FFR were determined. It is essential that the population and equipment are considered when analyzing the results of this procedure.