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  • Title: Speech recognition and working memory capacity in young-elderly listeners: effects of hearing sensitivity.
    Author: Cervera TC, Soler MJ, Dasi C, Ruiz JC.
    Journal: Can J Exp Psychol; 2009 Sep; 63(3):216-26. PubMed ID: 19739905.
    Abstract:
    Young normal-hearing listeners and young-elderly listeners between 55 and 65 years of age, ranging from near-normal hearing to moderate hearing loss, were compared using different speech recognition tasks (consonant recognition in quiet and in noise, and time-compressed sentences) and working memory tasks (serial word recall and digit ordering). The results showed that the group of young-elderly listeners performed worse on both the speech recognition and working memory tasks than the young listeners. However, when pure-tone audiometric thresholds were used as a covariate variable, the significant differences between groups disappeared. These results support the hypothesis that sensory decline in young-elderly listeners seems to be an important factor in explaining the decrease in speech processing and working memory capacity observed at these ages.
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