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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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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 |
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author_sort | Carneiro, Cláudia da Silva |
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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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