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ERIC Number: EJ1112286
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Aug
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1092-4388
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Task- and Talker-Specific Gains in Auditory Training
Barcroft, Joe; Spehar, Brent; Tye-Murray, Nancy; Sommers, Mitchell
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v59 n4 p862-870 Aug 2016
Purpose: This investigation focused on generalization of outcomes for auditory training by examining the effects of task and/or talker overlap between training and at test. Method: Adults with hearing loss completed 12 hr of meaning-oriented auditory training and were placed in a group that trained on either multiple talkers or a single talker. A control group also completed 12 hr of training in American Sign Language. The experimental group's training included a 4-choice discrimination task but not an open-set sentence test. The assessment phase included the same 4-choice discrimination task and an open-set sentence test, the Iowa Sentences Test (Tyler, Preece, & Tye-Murray, 1986). Results: Improvement on 4-choice discrimination was observed in the experimental group as compared with the control group. Gains were (a) highest when the task and talker were the same between training and assessment; (b) second highest when the task was the same but the talker only partially so; and (c) third highest when task and talker were different. Conclusions: The findings support applications of transfer-appropriate processing to auditory training and favor tailoring programs toward the specific needs of the individuals being trained for tasks, talkers, and perhaps, for stimuli, in addition to other factors.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (DHHS)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: RO1DC008964