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Electroencephalographic examination of 7-to 9-year-old children with sensorineural deafness of degrees II and III included EEG recording in the resting state, in the course of reaction of activation (at opening of the eyes), under conditions of rhythmic photostimulation with frequencies of 4, 6, 9, and 12 sec−1 and under those of the hyperventilation test. The results allow us to conclude that systems responsible for generation of EEG in hard-of-hearing children demonstrate some functionally immaturity. The following facts confirm the above conclusion. As compared with the norm, greater normalized spectral powers (SPs) of the delta and theta rhythms, a higher intensity of electrogenesis (integral power of oscillations) within all frequency ranges, and a smaller mean frequency of the dominant rhythm were typical of hard-of-hearing children. In these children, the reaction of activation in the majority of cases looked like incomplete suppression of the alpha rhythm. Upon rhythmic photostimulation, hard-of-hearing boys and girls demonstrated following of the rhythm at frequencies of 4 and 6 sec−1 while children with normal hearing demonstrated that at 9 and 12 sec−1 frequencies. The characteristics of EEG reactions under the conditions of the hyperventilation test reflected the immaturity of the fronto-thalamic controlling system, as well as certain dysfunction of lower brainstem regions in children with disorders of hearing.
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Neirofiziologiya/Neurophysiology, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 137–146, March–April, 2008.
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Tarasova, O.A. Peculiarities of EEG in hard-of-hearing children of primary school age. Neurophysiology 40, 121–129 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11062-008-9022-7
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