Abnormal brainstem auditory response in young females with ADHD

Depressive State and Auditory Brainstem Response a Tentative Future Method for Diagnosis and Pharmacological Control of Depression

“…Sensitivity and specificity are pretty good ( Table 3 col 5,6) which facilitates coming clinical research work. A study -with the same method as here -showed significant differences between ADHD and healthy individuals [12]. The direction of the values was the same as in the present study (higher content of 3500 Hz in patients than healthy controls).…”

“…Similarly, Sköld et al demonstrated higher ABR-waves III and VII plus thalamo-cortical aberrances related to affective disorder [7]. In view of results from other psychiatric disorders on the brain stem [Schizophrenia, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder)] it would be supposed that depression might show ABR aberrances as well [8][9][10][11][12][13].…”

Differences in Speech Recognition Between Children with Attention Deficits and Typically Developed Children Disappear When Exposed to 65 dB of Auditory Noise

“…The complicated interrelation between working memory capacity, attention, and speech recognition thresholds therefore needs to be further investigated. Research on auditory brain stem responses supports though the view that ADHD patients are affected on the auditory processing level rather than the cognitive, Two recent studies found that dysfunctions of the auditory brainstem pathways cause deficits in temporal encoding of both speech and non-speech stimuli that could explain speech-processing difficulties in ADHD ( Claesdotter-Hybbinette et al, 2015 ; Jafari et al, 2015 ). Of note is that the study by Claesdotter-Hybbinette et al (2015) is made on girls and the present study on boys, providing an argument for possible generalization of the present findings being valid for girls as well.…”

“…Noise can be detrimental for attention but when investigating efferent auditory system the ability to suppress contralateral noise between an ADHD- and a control group was reported as equal ( Pereira et al, 2012 ). Differences in auditory brainstem responses are found in ADHD and ASD patients that might indicate a fundamental difference in auditory processing compared to TDC ( Källstrand et al, 2010 ; Claesdotter-Hybbinette et al, 2015 ; Jafari et al, 2015 ). To sum up, mixed results referred above provide good reasons to further investigate the topic of auditory perception and in particular speech recognition in ADHD in different noisy environments that are common during schoolwork.…”

On Specific ABR-markers in Psychiatry

“…It was shown that the three study groups could be separated with a sensitivity of 85 percent and more from each other. The results are promising for further refinement and external validation of the method [3] in order to finally constitute a means of supporting processes of diagnosing and therapy control in psychiatry. A few commentaries on the method will be presented here.…”