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2890 – Speech Understanding and Logatom Intelligibility in Alcohol Addicts During Detoxification in Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

E.J. Gorzelańczyk ,
A. Sęk ,
A. Wicher ,
M. Ziółkowski  and
P. Walecki
E.J. Gorzelańczyk
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa Medical College, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Bydgoszcz
A. Sęk
Affiliation:
Department of Psycho- and Room Acoustics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
A. Wicher
Affiliation:
Department of Psycho- and Room Acoustics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
M. Ziółkowski
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry Nursing, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Bydgoszcz
P. Walecki
Affiliation:
Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

Abstract

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Objectives:

The aim of research is to assess a speech perception in alcohol addicts and healthy ones.

Methods:

65 alcohol addicts (mean age 38 years, min. 22, max. 66 years) were examined. Patients admitted hearing impaired were excluded. The average duration of addiction: 8.8 years. The measure of speech understanding is the ratio of correctly received phonetic elements to the total number of presented ones. Speech understanding is often determined in the presence of masking noise. Respondents are to arrangement of sentences with words heard in the noise. The test determines the intensity of speech, for which - if it is presented in the noise - observed in 50% of correct answers. This parameter is called the Threshold Reception Speech (SRT). The logatom intelligibility test consists with over 150 presented stimuli. Both tests were conducted in a soundproof booth

Results:

In the speech understanding test were found significant difference of average SRT between alcohol addict and healthy ones. The better understanding of speech was found in healthy individuals. in a study conducted in the final phase of detoxification treatment, it was found that the level of speech understanding in addicts was improved (statistically significant). in the logatom intelligibility test wasn’t differences.

Conclusions:

It was found that alcohol dependence is associated with worse perception of speech.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E1748
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2013
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