MRI scans of healthy siblings of the stroke patients showed activity in language centers in the left hemisphere of the brain when
the participants heard speech.
Not exact matches
While the study's
participants did not have a reliable
hearing loss, the
speech - in - noise tests revealed noise - induced changes in the processing of
speech in a noisy background.
Researchers conducted pre - and post-exposure sessions to measure changes in the
participants»
hearing and
speech abilities.
In the experiment, many of the voice - hearers recognised the hidden
speech before being told it was there, and on average they tended to notice it earlier than other
participants who had no history of
hearing voices.
All
participants completed a series of tests at the outset of the study to measure short - term memory, brain processing speed, and the ability to
hear and understand
speech in a noisy environment.
One
participant used cued
speech and the rest were limited to oral or auditory — verbal approach even though
hearing aid benefit was not evident.