Intelligibility of foreign‐accented speech in noise for younger and older adults.

2009 ◽  
Vol 125 (4) ◽  
pp. 2751-2751
Author(s):  
Sarah Hargus Ferguson ◽  
Kyung Ae Keum ◽  
Allard Jongman ◽  
Joan A. Sereno
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Accented Speech ◽  
Speech In Noise

The Impact of Music Training and Working Memory on Speech Recognition in Older Age

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Bruna S. Mussoi
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Speech Recognition ◽  
Digit Span ◽  
Memory Capacity ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Music Training ◽  
Speech In Noise ◽  
Speech Recognition In Noise ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Music training has been proposed as a possible tool for auditory training in older adults, as it may improve both auditory and cognitive skills. However, the evidence to support such benefits is mixed. The goal of this study was to determine the differential effects of lifelong musical training and working memory on speech recognition in noise, in older adults. Method A total of 31 musicians and nonmusicians aged 65–78 years took part in this cross-sectional study. Participants had a normal pure-tone average, with most having high-frequency hearing loss. Working memory (memory capacity) was assessed with the backward Digit Span test, and speech recognition in noise was assessed with three clinical tests (Quick Speech in Noise, Hearing in Noise Test, and Revised Speech Perception in Noise). Results Findings from this sample of older adults indicate that neither music training nor working memory was associated with differences on the speech recognition in noise measures used in this study. Similarly, duration of music training was not associated with speech-in-noise recognition. Conclusions Results from this study do not support the hypothesis that lifelong music training benefits speech recognition in noise. Similarly, an effect of working memory (memory capacity) was not apparent. While these findings may be related to the relatively small sample size, results across previous studies that investigated these effects have also been mixed. Prospective randomized music training studies may be able to better control for variability in outcomes associated with pre-existing and music training factors, as well as to examine the differential impact of music training and working memory for speech-in-noise recognition in older adults.

The effects of short-term musical training on the neural processing of speech-in-noise in older adults

2019 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. 103592 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Fleming ◽  
Sylvie Belleville ◽  
Isabelle Peretz ◽  
Greg West ◽  
Benjamin Rich Zendel
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Musical Training ◽  
Neural Processing ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Speech In Noise

scholarly journals Rapid Perceptual Learning: A Potential Source of Individual Differences in Speech Perception Under Adverse Conditions?

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 233121652093054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tali Rotman ◽  
Limor Lavie ◽  
Karen Banai
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Speech Perception ◽  
Perceptual Learning ◽  
Rapid Learning ◽  
Adverse Conditions ◽  
Speech In Noise ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Age Related Hearing Loss

Challenging listening situations (e.g., when speech is rapid or noisy) result in substantial individual differences in speech perception. We propose that rapid auditory perceptual learning is one of the factors contributing to those individual differences. To explore this proposal, we assessed rapid perceptual learning of time-compressed speech in young adults with normal hearing and in older adults with age-related hearing loss. We also assessed the contribution of this learning as well as that of hearing and cognition (vocabulary, working memory, and selective attention) to the recognition of natural-fast speech (NFS; both groups) and speech in noise (younger adults). In young adults, rapid learning and vocabulary were significant predictors of NFS and speech in noise recognition. In older adults, hearing thresholds, vocabulary, and rapid learning were significant predictors of NFS recognition. In both groups, models that included learning fitted the speech data better than models that did not include learning. Therefore, under adverse conditions, rapid learning may be one of the skills listeners could employ to support speech recognition.

scholarly journals Afferent-efferent connectivity between auditory brainstem and cortex accounts for poorer speech-in-noise comprehension in older adults

2019 ◽  
Vol 382 ◽  
pp. 107795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gavin M. Bidelman ◽  
Caitlin N. Price ◽  
Dawei Shen ◽  
Stephen R. Arnott ◽  
Claude Alain
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Auditory Brainstem ◽  
Speech In Noise

scholarly journals A Neural Basis of Speech-in-Noise Perception in Older Adults

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 750-757 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samira Anderson ◽  
Alexandra Parbery-Clark ◽  
Han-Gyol Yi ◽  
Nina Kraus
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Neural Basis ◽  
Speech In Noise

scholarly journals Working Memory Training and Speech in Noise Comprehension in Older Adults

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel V. Wayne ◽  
Cheryl Hamilton ◽  
Julia Jones Huyck ◽  
Ingrid S. Johnsrude
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Working Memory Training ◽  
Memory Training ◽  
Speech In Noise
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