02097caa a2200181   4500008004100000022001400041100001900055245007900074260002900153300001200182490002300194520146800217653008701685700002101772700003301793773003901826856005001865210629s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a2169-5725  aChandni Jain,  0aEffect of age on binaural integration using dichotic digit test in Kannada  bInforma UK Limitedc2020  a159-163  vVolume 18  Issue 3  aObjecitve: The present study aimed to compare the effect of age on binaural integration in younger and older adults with normal hearing using dichotic digit test in Kannada.Materials and methods: Two groups of participants with normal hearing sensitivity sensitivity were enrolled for the study. Group 1 included 19 young adults in the age range of 18 to 25 years (12 Females, Mean age = 20.95 years), and Group 2 included 19 older adults within the age range of 50 to 70 years (10 Females, Mean age = 56.35 years). Bisyllabic Kannada digits were used to assess binaural integration. The material consists of a total of 30 presentations with each presentation having two-digit pair. Single correct scores and double correct scores were noted down for the participants.Results and Discussion: Results showed that the right ear single correct scores were high for both the groups, and there was a significant difference in the right correct scores (p < .05), left correct scores (p < .001) as well as double correct scores (p < .01) between the two groups. It was also seen that the right ear advantage was more pronounced in older adults (21.40%) compared to the younger adults (5.61%) which could be due to the decline in the efficiency of interhemispheric transfer of information via the corpus callosum.Conclusion: To conclude, there is an age-related decline in dichotic digit scores, and thus, separate norms are required for older adults.  aBinaural integration, dichotic listening, right ear advantage, dichotic digit test  aGeetha Chinnaraj  aKeerthi Sringari Parmeshwara  aHearing, Balance and Communication  uhttps://doi.org/10.1080/21695717.2019.1705058