Auditory Temporal Processing in Elderly

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate auditory temporal processing in elderly and to establish a comparison with the results obtained in the reference values set for adults. Methods: Tests DPS, PPS and GIN were administered to 30 elderly individuals, 23 women and 7 men aged between 60 to 84 year. Results: Statistical analysis did not show any significant difference between the three tests and variables ear and gender. It Older age resulted in a statistically significant lower number of correct answers to DPS tests and a lower percentage of correct answers in GIN test, as well as increase in GIN threshold. The average results obtained in the elderly population were TFP-47.21%; TPD-56.45%; GIN-threshold 8.07ms; GIN-percentage of correct answers -44.44%. Conclusion: compared to the results expected for young adults, the scores obtained by the elderly were lower than the reference values in all the tests.