Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Sex differences in auditory processing From: Martin Braun <mb@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 13:29:01 +0100Dear all, McFadden & Co not only established that females outperform males in SOAE=20 incidence and levels (by a strikingly huge difference) but also by hearin= g=20 threshold in quiet. Interestingly, to my knowledge neither McFadden nor=20 anybody else could as yet present a convincing theory for the reasons of=20 these differences. There have been data that outer hair cell (OHC)=20 physiology is affected by sex hormones, but apparently SOAE researchers a= nd=20 OHC researchers have been living too much apart and neither of them has=20 followed this up. PS: I assume that females are also better in central auditory processing = of=20 speech, but I am not aware of any data in that realm. Greetings Martin -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----=20 From: moleti Sent: Monday, January 10, 2022 3:41 PM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Sex differences in auditory processing Dear Ani, there are well-known sex differences in otoacoustic emission levels, e.g. McFadden papers, with females outperforming males. You can easily find several references searching for "sex difference OAE", e.g., on Pubmed. regards Arturo On 2022-01-09 16:33, Patel, Aniruddh D. wrote: > Dear List, > > I am trying to find papers reporting sex differences in behavioral or > neural measures of auditory processing in vertebrates. > I'd be grateful for pointers to any references, including review > chapters. > > Btw, my impression from the papers I've found so far is that females > generally outperform males (e.g., refs below), and I wonder if this > holds across a larger > set of studies. > > Benichov, J. I., Benezra, S. E., Vallentin, D., Globerson, E., Long, > M. A., & Tchernichovski, O. (2016). The forebrain song system mediates > predictive call timing in female and male zebra finches. _Current > Biology_, _26_(3), 309-318. > > Kriengwatana, B., Spierings, M. J., & ten Cate, C. (2016). Auditory > discrimination learning in zebra finches: effects of sex, early life > conditions and stimulus characteristics. _Animal Behaviour_, _116_, > 99-112. > > Krizman, J., Bonacina, S., & Kraus, N. (2020). Sex differences in > subcortical auditory processing only partially explain higher > prevalence of language disorders in males. _Hearing research_, _398_, > 108075. > > Thanks, and best wishes for the new year, > > Ani Patel > > Aniruddh D. Patel > Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Tufts University > > CIFAR Fellow > > Brain, Mind, and Consciousness Program > > https://as.tufts.edu/psychology/people/faculty/aniruddh-patel [1] > > > Links: > ------ > [1] https://as.tufts.edu/psychology/people/faculty/aniruddh-patel=20