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- Title
Assessment of localisation to auditory stimulation in post-comatose states: use the patient's own name.
- Authors
Lijuan Cheng; Gosseries, Olivia; Limei Ying; Xiaohua Hu; Dan Yu; Hongxing Gao; Minhui He; Schnakers, Caroline; Laureys, Steven; Di, Haibo
- Abstract
Background: At present, there is no consensus on how to clinically assess localisation to sound in patients recovering from coma. We here studied auditory localisation using the patient's own name as compared to a meaningless sound (i.e., ringing bell). Methods: Eighty-six post-comatose patients diagnosed with a vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome or a minimally conscious state were prospectively included. Localisation of auditory stimulation (i.e., head or eyes orientation toward the sound) was assessed using the patient's own name as compared to a ringing bell. Statistical analyses used binomial testing with bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. Results: 37 (43%) out of the 86 studied patients showed localisation to auditory stimulation. More patients (n=34, 40%) oriented the head or eyes to their own name as compared to sound (n=20, 23%; p<0.001). Conclusions: When assessing auditory function in disorders of consciousness, using the patient's own name is here shown to be more suitable to elicit a response as compared to neutral sound.
- Subjects
ACOUSTIC stimulation; COMA; BRAIN function localization; CONSCIOUSNESS; PERSISTENT vegetative state; COMPARATIVE studies; BONFERRONI correction
- Publication
BMC Neurology, 2013, Vol 13, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2377
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2377-13-27