Conclusion: Hearing ability among cochlear implant users can be comparable with that of hearing aid users with average unaided pure-tone thresholds of 90 dB HL, after monosyllabic speech perception testing was performed.
In addition, with a test battery of Speech Perception Tests, we compared patients with migraines and tension-type headaches.
In Speech Perception Tests, in silent backgrounds, all patients got 100% of the responses correct (Tables 1, 2, and 3).
After enrolment, both groups were analyzed with a computerized test battery for Speech Perception Tests in silence and in noise background to assess speech perception disabilities.
During Speech Perception Tests in a noise background, however, the primary headache group (migraine and tension headache) presented more incorrect response than the control cases (Table 2).
After enrolment, both patients with primary headache and healthy children were analyzed with a computerized test battery of Speech Perception Tests in silence and in noise background to assess speech perception disabilities.
The use of a recorded voice in the automatic administration of Speech Perception Tests reduces speaker-related variables (e.g. voice characteristics) and listener-related variables (such as the degree of attention).
Finally, we found no significant differences in any of the items of the Speech Perception Tests, in a noise background, in the comparison between patients with migraine and tension-type headache (p > 0.05) (Table 4).
This is a work in progress, in fact we intend to continue the study by expanding the case series, comparing the results of the Speech Perception Tests with the neurophysiological investigations, and using the study of functional neuroimaging, with the aim of investigating more thoroughly the possible overlaps between the primary headache and central auditory processing.
