Impaired neural entrainment to low frequency amplitude modulations in English-speaking children with dyslexia or dyslexia and DLD

Peter, Varghese; Goswami, Usha; Burnham, Denis; Kalashnikova, Marina

doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2022.105217

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“…Evidence linking entrainment to regular sequences (beat-based) (3, Figure 1A) with language skills such as speech perception, phonological processing and reading (Keshavarzi et al, 2022;Peter et al, 2023) is also vast, however, ordinal encoding of multilevel speech units (vs. broad speech perception) is largely absent in these associations. Instead, associations with language skills have mostly been supported by differences between individuals with and without dyslexia when entraining to the frequencies of natural speech (periodic stimulation), particularly those related with syllable and stress rates (Goswami, et al, 2018;Liberto, et al, 2018;Mandke et al, 2022;Molinaro et al, 2016¸ Power et al, 2013, Soltész et al, 2013.…”

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The relation between beat perception and auditory ordinal encoding may not depend on neural entrainment

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Various theories have attempted to explain the association between the perception of musical rhythm and reading skills, one οf them being the Temporal Sampling Framework (TSF). According to TSF, neural entrainment to auditory input facilitates both rhythm and speech perception, in the latter case by enhancing the acquisition of speech units (ordinal encoding) at different frequencies. In line with this, we found a correlation between beat perception and ordinal encoding of meaningless auditory sequences in a previous study, but evidence that neural entrainment underpins this association is still lacking. In the current investigation, participants engaged in a beat perception task alongside auditory and visual ordinal encoding tasks during which their EEG was recorded and later analyzed for strength of neural entrainment. We replicated the positive correlation between beat perception and auditory encoding, and we found neural entrainment to the frequency of auditory sequences (around 2.5 Hz). However, no direct evidence pointed to neural entrainment as the common mechanism. Our findings suggest that neural entrainment either operates differently than TSF predicted or is not the sole determinant of ordinal encoding.

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The relation between beat perception and auditory ordinal encoding may not depend on neural entrainment

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A novel and efficient Wavelet Scattering Transform approach for primitive-stage dyslexia-detection using electroencephalogram signals

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Paunwala

2023

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Attentional modulation of neural sound tracking in children with and without dyslexia

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Tierney

Tijms

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Auditory selective attention forms an important foundation of children's learning by enabling the prioritisation and encoding of relevant stimuli. It may also influence reading development, which relies on metalinguistic skills including the awareness of the sound structure of spoken language. Reports of attentional impairments and speech perception difficulties in noisy environments in dyslexic readers are also suggestive of the putative contribution of auditory attention to reading development. To date, it is unclear whether non‐speech selective attention and its underlying neural mechanisms are impaired in children with dyslexia and to which extent these deficits relate to individual reading and speech perception abilities in suboptimal listening conditions. In this EEG study, we assessed non‐speech sustained auditory selective attention in 106 7‐to‐12‐year‐old children with and without dyslexia. Children attended to one of two tone streams, detecting occasional sequence repeats in the attended stream, and performed a speech‐in‐speech perception task. Results show that when children directed their attention to one stream, inter‐trial‐phase‐coherence at the attended rate increased in fronto‐central sites; this, in turn, was associated with better target detection. Behavioural and neural indices of attention did not systematically differ as a function of dyslexia diagnosis. However, behavioural indices of attention did explain individual differences in reading fluency and speech‐in‐speech perception abilities: both these skills were impaired in dyslexic readers. Taken together, our results show that children with dyslexia do not show group‐level auditory attention deficits but these deficits may represent a risk for developing reading impairments and problems with speech perception in complex acoustic environments.Research Highlights Non‐speech sustained auditory selective attention modulates EEG phase coherence in children with/without dyslexia Children with dyslexia show difficulties in speech‐in‐speech perception Attention relates to dyslexic readers’ speech‐in‐speech perception and reading skills Dyslexia diagnosis is not linked to behavioural/EEG indices of auditory attention

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Impaired neural entrainment to low frequency amplitude modulations in English-speaking children with dyslexia or dyslexia and DLD

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The relation between beat perception and auditory ordinal encoding may not depend on neural entrainment

The relation between beat perception and auditory ordinal encoding may not depend on neural entrainment

A novel and efficient Wavelet Scattering Transform approach for primitive-stage dyslexia-detection using electroencephalogram signals

Attentional modulation of neural sound tracking in children with and without dyslexia

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