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Age Impacts Speech-in-Noise Recognition Differently for Nonnative and Native Listeners.
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Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research . May2024, Vol. 67 Issue 5, p1602-1623. 22p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore potential differences in suprathreshold auditory function among native and nonnative speakers of English as a function of age. Method: Retrospective analyses were performed on three large data sets containing suprathreshold auditory tests completed by 5,572 participants who were self-identified native and nonnative speakers of English between the ages of 18–65 years, including a binaural tone detection test, a digit identification test, and a sentence recognition test. Results: The analyses show a significant interaction between increasing age and participant group on tests involving speech-based stimuli (digit strings, sentences) but not on the binaural tone detection test. For both speech tests, differences in speech recognition emerged between groups during early adulthood, and increasing age had a more negative impact on word recognition for nonnative compared to native participants. Age-related declines in performance were 2.9 times faster for digit strings and 3.3 times faster for sentences for nonnative participants compared to native participants. Conclusions: This set of analyses extends the existing literature by examining interactions between aging and self-identified native English speaker status in several auditory domains in a cohort of adults spanning young adulthood through middle age. The finding that older nonnative English speakers in this age cohort may have greater-than-expected deficits on speech-in-noise perception may have clinical implications on how these individuals should be diagnosed and treated for hearing difficulties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *NOISE
*DIALECTS
*RESEARCH funding
*PHONOLOGICAL awareness
*LISTENING
*AGE distribution
*RETROSPECTIVE studies
*INTELLIGIBILITY of speech
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*SPEECH evaluation
*ENGLISH language
*HEARING levels
*SPEECH perception
*DATA analysis software
*REGRESSION analysis
PHYSIOLOGICAL aspects of speech
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10924388
- Volume :
- 67
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177092388
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_JSLHR-23-00470