Analysis of gender based differences in auditory evoked potentials among healthy elderly population
| Autor: | Sharat Gupta, Pooja Baweja, Kamal Singh, Shallu Mittal, Avnish Kumar, Raghuvansh Sharma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
education.field_of_study
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Speech recognition lcsh:R Population lcsh:Medicine General Medicine Healthy elderly Audiology medicine.disease Interpeak latency Head circumference Menopause lcsh:Biology (General) gender differences Elderly population medicine Original Article elderly subjects education business lcsh:QH301-705.5 Auditory evoked potentials interpeak latency |
| Zdroj: | Advanced Biomedical Research Advanced Biomedical Research, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 208-208 (2014) |
| ISSN: | 2277-9175 |
| Popis: | Background: Influence of gender on auditory evoked potentials is contentious. Although there are quite a few studies documenting the gender as an influencing factor on auditory evoked potentials in younger subjects, but there is a lack of similar studies among elderly population. The present study was conducted to find out the pattern of gender based differences in auditory evoked potentials among healthy elderly subjects. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on age matched, healthy males ( n = 35) and females ( n = 34), aged 50-70 years. The measures included latencies of waves I-V and interpeak latencies (IPL) I-III, III-V and I-V separately for both ears. Data was analyzed statistically using Students unpaired t -test, using Statistical Package for Social Sciences software v13.0. Results: The values of all the latencies and IPL for both the ears were non-significantly higher ( P > 0.05) in males as compared to females. These results may be attributed to the differences in head circumference between both the genders and to the changed hormonal milieu of sex hormones after menopause. Conclusions: Statistical insignificance of latencies among male and female elderly subjects excludes gender as an influencing factor on auditory evoked potentials in this age group. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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