Cognitive function predicts listening effort performance during complex tasks in normally aging adults.
Purpose: This study examines whether cognitive function, as measured by the subtests of the Woodcock-Johnson III (WCJ-III) assessment, predicts listening-effort performance during dual tasks across the adults of varying ages.Materials and Methods: Participants were divided into two groups. Group 1 c...
| Published in: | Noise & Health Vol. 19; no. 91; pp. 254 - 263 |
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Wolters Kluwer India Pvt Ltd
Nov-Dec2017
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=127125225&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 127125225 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 14631741 39SM jtl: Noise & Health issn: 14631741 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov-Dec2017 vid: 19 iid: 91 pid: 16919 pub: Wolters Kluwer India Pvt Ltd artinfo: ui: 127125225 127125225 NLM29319009 127125225 10.4103/nah.NAH_83_16 NLM29319009 127125225 ppf: 254 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Cognitive function predicts listening effort performance during complex tasks in normally aging adults. aug: au: Harvey, Jennine von Hapsburg, Deborah Seeman, Scott affil: Communication Sciences and Disorders, Illinois State University, Normal, IL TN, USA sug: subj: Cognitive Aging Evaluation Auditory Threshold Evaluation Task Performance and Analysis In Old Age Listening Effort Human Male Female Adult Middle Age Aged Aged, 80 and Over Clinical Assessment Tools Aging Noise Adverse Effects Psychomotor Performance Speech-Language Pathologists Analysis of Variance Linear Regression Memory Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Male Female ab: Purpose: This study examines whether cognitive function, as measured by the subtests of the Woodcock-Johnson III (WCJ-III) assessment, predicts listening-effort performance during dual tasks across the adults of varying ages.Materials and Methods: Participants were divided into two groups. Group 1 consisted of 14 listeners (number of females = 11) who were 41-61 years old [mean = 53.18; standard deviation (SD) = 5.97]. Group 2 consisted of 15 listeners (number of females = 9) who were 63-81 years old (mean = 72.07; SD = 5.11). Participants were administered the WCJ-III Memory for Words, Auditory Working Memory, Visual Matching, and Decision Speed subtests. All participants were tested in each of the following three dual-task experimental conditions, which were varying in complexity: (1) auditory word recognition + visual processing, (2) auditory working memory (word) + visual processing, and (3) auditory working memory (sentence) + visual processing in noise.Results: A repeated measures analysis of variance revealed that task complexity significantly affected the performance measures of auditory accuracy, visual accuracy, and processing speed. Linear regression revealed that the cognitive subtests of the WCJ-III test significantly predicted performance across dependent variable measures.Conclusion: Listening effort is significantly affected by task complexity, regardless of age. Performance on the WCJ-III test may predict listening effort in adults and may assist speech-language pathologist (SLPs) to understand challenges faced by participants when subjected to noise. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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