Affiliation:
1. VU University Medical Center, The EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2. Linnaeus Centre HEAD, The Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Sweden
3. Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
Abstract
Purpose
In this research, the authors aimed to increase the analogy between Text Reception Threshold (TRT; Zekveld, George, Kramer, Goverts, & Houtgast, 2007) and Speech Reception Threshold (SRT; Plomp & Mimpen, 1979) and to examine the TRT’s value in estimating cognitive abilities that are important for speech comprehension in noise.
Method
The authors administered 5 TRT versions, SRT tests in stationary (SRT
STAT
) and modulated (SRT
MOD
) noise, and 2 cognitive tests: a reading span (RSpan) test for working memory capacity and a letter–digit substitution test for information-processing speed. Fifty-five adults with normal hearing (18–78 years,
M
= 44 years) participated. The authors examined mutual associations of the tests and their predictive value for the SRTs with correlation and linear regression analyses.
Results
SRTs and TRTs were well associated, also when controlling for age. Correlations for the SRT
STAT
were generally lower than for the SRT
MOD.
The cognitive tests were correlated to the SRTs only when age was not controlled for. Age and the TRTs were the only significant predictors of SRT
MOD
. SRT
STAT
was predicted by level of education and some of the TRT versions.
Conclusions
TRTs and SRTs are robustly associated, nearly independent of age. The association between SRTs and RSpan is largely age dependent. The TRT test and the RSpan test measure different nonauditory components of linguistic processing relevant for speech perception in noise.
Publisher
American Speech Language Hearing Association
Subject
Speech and Hearing,Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics
Cited by
51 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献