ARIA treatment benefits are related to severity of dichotic listening deficits in children
Abstract
Purpose: This study investigated the relationship between dichotic listening (DL) benefits from treatment with Auditory Rehabilitation for Interaural Asymmetry (ARIA) and the severity of DL deficits quantified prior to the onset of treatment. We hypothesized that children with more severe DL deficits would demonstrate greater benefits following ARIA. Method: A scale that quantifies deficit severity was applied to dichotic listening scores obtained before and after training with ARIA at multiple clinical sites (n = 92). Using multiple regression analyses, we evaluated the predictive effects of deficit severity on DL outcomes. Results: Results demonstrated that deficit severity can predict benefits from ARIA, as measured by improvements in DL scores in both ears. Conclusion: ARIA is an adaptive training paradigm for improving binaural integration abilities in children with DL deficits. The results from this study suggest that children with more severe DL deficits achieve greater benefits from ARIA and that a severity scale may provide important clinical information for recommending intervention.
Publication Title
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Recommended Citation
White, S., & Moncrieff, D. (2023). ARIA treatment benefits are related to severity of dichotic listening deficits in children. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 168 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2023.111551
