%0 Journal Article %1 chait_delayed_2007 %A Chait, Maria %A Eden, Guinevere %A Poeppel, David %A Simon, Jonathan Z. %A Hill, Deborah F. %A Flowers, D. Lynn %D 2007 %J Brain and Language %K journal ld neuroscience reading subscriptiononly %N 1 %P 80--90 %R 10.1016/j.bandl.2006.07.001 %T Delayed detection of tonal targets in background noise in dyslexia %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0093934X06002410 %V 102 %X Individuals with developmental dyslexia are often impaired in their ability to process certain linguistic and even basic non-linguistic auditory signals. Recent investigations report conflicting findings regarding impaired low-level binaural detection mechanisms associated with dyslexia. Binaural impairment has been hypothesized to stem from a general low-level processing disorder for temporally fine sensory stimuli. Here we use a new behavioral paradigm to address this issue. We compared the response times of dyslexic listeners and their matched controls in a tone-in-noise detection task. The tonal signals were either Huggins Pitch (HP), a stimulus requiring binaural processing to elicit a pitch percept, or a pure tone—perceptually similar but physically very different signals. The results showed no difference between the two groups specific to the processing of HP and thus no evidence for a binaural impairment in dyslexia. However, dyslexic subjects exhibited a general difficulty in extracting tonal objects from background noise, manifested by a globally delayed detection speed.

@article{chait_delayed_2007, abstract = {Individuals with developmental dyslexia are often impaired in their ability to process certain linguistic and even basic non-linguistic auditory signals. Recent investigations report conflicting findings regarding impaired low-level binaural detection mechanisms associated with dyslexia. Binaural impairment has been hypothesized to stem from a general low-level processing disorder for temporally fine sensory stimuli. Here we use a new behavioral paradigm to address this issue. We compared the response times of dyslexic listeners and their matched controls in a tone-in-noise detection task. The tonal signals were either Huggins Pitch {(HP)}, a stimulus requiring binaural processing to elicit a pitch percept, or a pure tone—perceptually similar but physically very different signals. The results showed no difference between the two groups specific to the processing of {HP} and thus no evidence for a binaural impairment in dyslexia. However, dyslexic subjects exhibited a general difficulty in extracting tonal objects from background noise, manifested by a globally delayed detection speed.}, added-at = {2011-10-10T18:24:52.000+0200}, author = {Chait, Maria and Eden, Guinevere and Poeppel, David and Simon, Jonathan Z. and Hill, Deborah F. and Flowers, D. Lynn}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2149ff12d684e31c62f103618978da05c/shelley.adams}, doi = {10.1016/j.bandl.2006.07.001}, interhash = {7557961993fb1fc980a8be6a97401ee5}, intrahash = {149ff12d684e31c62f103618978da05c}, issn = {{0093-934X}}, journal = {Brain and Language}, keywords = {journal ld neuroscience reading subscriptiononly}, month = jul, number = 1, pages = {80--90}, timestamp = {2012-07-04T16:31:13.000+0200}, title = {Delayed detection of tonal targets in background noise in dyslexia}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0093934X06002410}, volume = 102, year = 2007 }