Masked-Speech Recognition and Self-Reported Functional Listening in Autistic Young Adults.
Purpose: Autistic adults consistently report difficulties understanding speech in adverse listening environments, which may be related to differences in social communication and participation. Research examining masked-speech recognition in autistic adults is limited, particularly in competing speec...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 68; no. 8; pp. 4106 - 4123 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=187402283&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 187402283 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10924388 1SM jtl: Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research issn: 10924388 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2025 vid: 68 iid: 8 pid: 42 pub: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association artinfo: ui: 187402283 10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00791 ppf: 4106 ppct: 17 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.1MB tig: atl: Masked-Speech Recognition and Self-Reported Functional Listening in Autistic Young Adults. aug: au: Wasiuk, Peter A. Cook, Barbara A. Irwin, Julia R. affil: Department of Communication Disorders, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven Department of Psychology, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven su: Self-evaluation Health status indicators Task performance Autism Affinity groups Communication Social skills Personality Semantics Autism in adolescence Activities of daily living Self-perception Statistical models Noise Data analysis Research funding Computer software T-test (Statistics) Questionnaires Listening Maximum likelihood statistics Asperger's syndrome in adolescence Statistics Auditory perception Hearing levels Asperger's syndrome Data analysis software Regression analysis Symptoms sug: subj: Self-evaluation Health status indicators Task performance Autism Affinity groups Communication Social skills Personality Semantics Autism in adolescence Activities of daily living Self-perception Software publishers (except video game publishers) Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers Computer, computer peripheral and pre-packaged software merchant wholesalers Computer and software stores Statistical models Noise Data analysis Research funding Computer software T-test (Statistics) Questionnaires Listening Maximum likelihood statistics Asperger's syndrome in adolescence Statistics Auditory perception Hearing levels Asperger's syndrome Data analysis software Regression analysis Symptoms ab: Purpose: Autistic adults consistently report difficulties understanding speech in adverse listening environments, which may be related to differences in social communication and participation. Research examining masked-speech recognition in autistic adults is limited, particularly in competing speech backgrounds with high degrees of informational masking. This work characterizes speech-in-speech and speech-in-noise recognition in young adults on the autism spectrum, as well as evaluates self-reported functional listening abilities and listening-related fatigue. Method: Masked-speech recognition was evaluated in both autistic (n = 20) and non-autistic (n = 20) young adults with normal hearing. Speech reception thresholds were adaptively measured in two-talker speech and speech-shaped noise using target sentences that were either semantically meaningful or anomalous. Functional listening abilities and listening-related fatigue were assessed using the Speech, Spatial, and Qualities of Hearing Scale and the Vanderbilt Fatigue Scale for Adults. Autism characteristics and social communication experiences were quantified using the Social Responsiveness Scale-Second Edition. Results: Autistic adults displayed significantly poorer speech-in-speech recognition than their non-autistic peers, while speech-in-noise recognition did not differ between groups. Functional listening difficulties in daily life and listeningrelated fatigue were significantly higher for autistic participants. Autism characteristics strongly predicted functional listening abilities and listening-related fatigue in both groups. Conclusions: Autistic young adults experience objective speech-in-speech recognition difficulties that correspond with listening challenges in daily life. Autism characteristics and social communication experiences predict functional listening abilities reported by both autistic and non-autistic young adults with normal hearing. Speech-in-speech recognition difficulties observed here may amplify social communication challenges for adults on the autism spectrum. Future work must prioritize improved awareness of autistic listening differences. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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