Neonatal frequency-following responses: a methodological framework for clinical applications
Publication date
2022-10-26
Document type
Übersichtsartikel, Überblicksdarstellung
Author
Gorina-Careta, Natàlia
Ribas-Prats, Teresa
Puertollano, Marta
Gómez-Roig, M Dolores
Escera, Carles
Organisational unit
Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
BCNatal - Barcelona Center for Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and Hospital Clínic), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Publisher
Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Series or journal
Seminars in Hearing
ISSN
Periodical volume
43
Periodical issue
03
First page
162
Last page
176
Part of the university bibliography
Nein
Language
English
Keyword
brainstem response
speech ABR
newborn
infant
speech encoding
Abstract
The frequency-following response (FFR) to periodic complex sounds is a noninvasive scalp-recorded auditory evoked potential that reflects synchronous phase-locked neural activity to the spectrotemporal components of the acoustic signal along the ascending auditory hierarchy. The FFR has gained recent interest in the fields of audiology and auditory cognitive neuroscience, as it has great potential to answer both basic and applied questions about processes involved in sound encoding, language development, and communication. Specifically, it has become a promising tool in neonates, as its study may allow both early identification of future language disorders and the opportunity to leverage brain plasticity during the first 2 years of life, as well as enable early interventions to prevent and/or ameliorate sound and language encoding disorders. Throughout the present review, we summarize the state of the art of the neonatal FFR and, based on our own extensive experience, present methodological approaches to record it in a clinical environment. Overall, the present review is the first one that comprehensively focuses on the neonatal FFRs applications, thus supporting the feasibility to record the FFR during the first days of life and the predictive potential of the neonatal FFR on detecting short- and long-term language abilities and disruptions.
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This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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