“…Despite the fact that speech impairments are traditionally associated with acute alcohol intoxication we were able to find only three studies describing specific speech impairments in AUD (Hollien et al, 2001; Pisoni and Martin, 1989; Pisoni et al, 1991). Chronic and excessive alcohol consumption were found to have some ototoxic effects in several studies (Bellé et al, 2007; Niedzielska et al, 2001; Ribeiro et al, 2007; Shore et al, 2006; Verma et al, 2006), though they were inconclusive. Also several experimental studies showed some visual impairment in alcohol abusers and addicts, namely, color vision impairment and deterioration of visuospatial perception (Kapitany et al, 1993; Mergler et al, 1988; Shore et al, 2006; Skripnichenko, 1987; Vanlith and Henkes, 1979).…”