Hyperacusis in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Preliminary Study

Massimo Ralli, Maria Romani, Alessio Zodda, Francesca Yoshie Russo, Giancarlo Altissimi, Maria Patrizia Orlando, Maria Gloria Cammeresi, Roberta Penge and Rosaria Turchetta
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Massimo Ralli: Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00100 Rome, Italy
Maria Romani: Department of Pediatrics and Child Neuropsychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00100 Rome, Italy
Alessio Zodda: Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00100 Rome, Italy
Francesca Yoshie Russo: Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00100 Rome, Italy
Giancarlo Altissimi: Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00100 Rome, Italy
Maria Patrizia Orlando: Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00100 Rome, Italy
Maria Gloria Cammeresi: Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00100 Rome, Italy
Roberta Penge: Department of Pediatrics and Child Neuropsychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00100 Rome, Italy
Rosaria Turchetta: Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00100 Rome, Italy

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 9, 1-13

Abstract: The association between hyperacusis and developmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorders has been extensively reported in the literature; however, the specific prevalence of hyperacusis in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has never been investigated. In this preliminary study, we evaluated the presence of hyperacusis in a small sample of children affected by ADHD compared to a control group of healthy children. Thirty normal hearing children with a diagnosis of ADHD and 30 children matched for sex and age were enrolled in the study. All children underwent audiological and multidisciplinary neuropsychiatric evaluation. Hearing was assessed using pure tone audiometry and immittance test; ADHD was diagnosed following the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder criteria. Hyperacusis was assessed through the administration of a questionnaire to parents and an interview with children. Hyperacusis was diagnosed in 11 children (36.7%) in the study group and in four children (13.3%) in the control group; this difference was statistically significant ( p = 0.03). The preliminary results of this study suggest a higher presence of hyperacusis in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder compared to control children. More studies on larger samples are necessary to confirm these results.

Keywords: hyperacusis; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; autism spectrum disorders; hearing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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