Switch attention to listen

Imran Dhamani; Johahn Leung; Simon Carlile; Mridula Sharma

doi:10.1038/srep01297

Switch attention to listen

Imran Dhamani^*, Johahn Leung, Simon Carlile, Mridula Sharma

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The aim of this research was to evaluate the ability to switch attention and selectively attend to relevant information in children (10-15 years) with persistent listening difficulties in noisy environments. A wide battery of clinical tests indicated that children with complaints of listening difficulties had otherwise normal hearing sensitivity and auditory processing skills. Here we show that these children are markedly slower to switch their attention compared to their age-matched peers. The results suggest poor attention switching, lack of response inhibition and/or poor listening effort consistent with a predominantly top-down (central) information processing deficit. A deficit in the ability to switch attention across talkers would provide the basis for this otherwise hidden listening disability, especially in noisy environments involving multiple talkers such as classrooms.

Original language	English
Article number	1297
Pages (from-to)	1-8
Number of pages	8
Journal	Scientific Reports
Volume	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/srep01297
Publication status	Published - 2013

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