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Hormones and Auditory Perception: Study of Dichotic Listening in Women during the Menstrual Cycle

Introduction  Dichotic listening refers to the ability to hear different sounds presented to each ear simultaneously. Objective  The aim of the present study was to assess dichotic listening in women throughout the menstrual cycle. Methods  The volunteers who met the eligibility criteria participate...

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Autores principales: Carneiro, Cláudia da Silva, Almeida, Anna Alice Figueiredo de, Ribas, Angela, Kluk-De Kort, Karolina, Lima, Daviany Oliveira, Araújo, Aline Menezes Guedes Dias de, Ferreira, Danilo Augusto de Holanda, Martins, Mariana Lopes, Freitas, Thais Mendonça Maia Wanderley Cruz, de Rosa, Marine Raquel Diniz
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda 2019
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6331289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30647787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1626701
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author Carneiro, Cláudia da Silva
Almeida, Anna Alice Figueiredo de
Ribas, Angela
Kluk-De Kort, Karolina
Lima, Daviany Oliveira
Araújo, Aline Menezes Guedes Dias de
Ferreira, Danilo Augusto de Holanda
Martins, Mariana Lopes
Freitas, Thais Mendonça Maia Wanderley Cruz
de Rosa, Marine Raquel Diniz
author_facet Carneiro, Cláudia da Silva
Almeida, Anna Alice Figueiredo de
Ribas, Angela
Kluk-De Kort, Karolina
Lima, Daviany Oliveira
Araújo, Aline Menezes Guedes Dias de
Ferreira, Danilo Augusto de Holanda
Martins, Mariana Lopes
Freitas, Thais Mendonça Maia Wanderley Cruz
de Rosa, Marine Raquel Diniz
author_sort Carneiro, Cláudia da Silva
collection PubMed
description Introduction  Dichotic listening refers to the ability to hear different sounds presented to each ear simultaneously. Objective  The aim of the present study was to assess dichotic listening in women throughout the menstrual cycle. Methods  The volunteers who met the eligibility criteria participated in a dichotic listening assessment composed of three tests: 1) staggered spondaic word test; 2) dichotic digits test; and 3) consonant-vowel test. The female participants were tested during two different phases of the menstrual cycle: the follicular (days 11 to 13) and luteal (days 23 to 26) phases. The phases were confirmed by measuring serum levels of the hormone estradiol. Results  A total of 20 volunteers aged 18 to 49 years participated in the study (9 females and 11 males). In test 1, only the right ear of females showed better performance during the follicular phase (high estrogen levels), compared with the luteal phase (low estrogen levels); in test 2, there were no significant differences for any of the groups; and in test 3, both males and females showed significantly better performance in their right ear compared with their left ear. Conclusion  The better performance of females during the follicular phase of the cycle may indicate that estrogen levels might have an influence on dichotic listening in women.
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spelling pubmed-63312892019-01-15 Hormones and Auditory Perception: Study of Dichotic Listening in Women during the Menstrual Cycle Carneiro, Cláudia da Silva Almeida, Anna Alice Figueiredo de Ribas, Angela Kluk-De Kort, Karolina Lima, Daviany Oliveira Araújo, Aline Menezes Guedes Dias de Ferreira, Danilo Augusto de Holanda Martins, Mariana Lopes Freitas, Thais Mendonça Maia Wanderley Cruz de Rosa, Marine Raquel Diniz Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol Introduction  Dichotic listening refers to the ability to hear different sounds presented to each ear simultaneously. Objective  The aim of the present study was to assess dichotic listening in women throughout the menstrual cycle. Methods  The volunteers who met the eligibility criteria participated in a dichotic listening assessment composed of three tests: 1) staggered spondaic word test; 2) dichotic digits test; and 3) consonant-vowel test. The female participants were tested during two different phases of the menstrual cycle: the follicular (days 11 to 13) and luteal (days 23 to 26) phases. The phases were confirmed by measuring serum levels of the hormone estradiol. Results  A total of 20 volunteers aged 18 to 49 years participated in the study (9 females and 11 males). In test 1, only the right ear of females showed better performance during the follicular phase (high estrogen levels), compared with the luteal phase (low estrogen levels); in test 2, there were no significant differences for any of the groups; and in test 3, both males and females showed significantly better performance in their right ear compared with their left ear. Conclusion  The better performance of females during the follicular phase of the cycle may indicate that estrogen levels might have an influence on dichotic listening in women. Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda 2019-01 2018-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6331289/ /pubmed/30647787 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1626701 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits unrestricted reproduction and distribution, for non-commercial purposes only; and use and reproduction, but not distribution, of adapted material for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Carneiro, Cláudia da Silva
Almeida, Anna Alice Figueiredo de
Ribas, Angela
Kluk-De Kort, Karolina
Lima, Daviany Oliveira
Araújo, Aline Menezes Guedes Dias de
Ferreira, Danilo Augusto de Holanda
Martins, Mariana Lopes
Freitas, Thais Mendonça Maia Wanderley Cruz
de Rosa, Marine Raquel Diniz
Hormones and Auditory Perception: Study of Dichotic Listening in Women during the Menstrual Cycle
title Hormones and Auditory Perception: Study of Dichotic Listening in Women during the Menstrual Cycle
title_full Hormones and Auditory Perception: Study of Dichotic Listening in Women during the Menstrual Cycle
title_fullStr Hormones and Auditory Perception: Study of Dichotic Listening in Women during the Menstrual Cycle
title_full_unstemmed Hormones and Auditory Perception: Study of Dichotic Listening in Women during the Menstrual Cycle
title_short Hormones and Auditory Perception: Study of Dichotic Listening in Women during the Menstrual Cycle
title_sort hormones and auditory perception: study of dichotic listening in women during the menstrual cycle
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6331289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30647787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1626701
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