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- Title
Assessment of localisation to auditory stimulation in post-comatose states: use the patient's own name.
- Authors
Cheng, Lijuan; Gosseries, Olivia; Ying, Limei; Hu, Xiaohua; Yu, Dan; Gao, Hongxing; He, Minhui; Schnakers, Caroline; Laureys, Steven; Di, Haibo
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>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).<bold>Methods: </bold>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.<bold>Results: </bold>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).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>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.
- Publication
BMC Neurology, 2013, Vol 13, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
1471-2377
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2377-13-27