ERIC Number: EJ1155833
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Sep
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1092-4388
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Speech Recognition and Cognitive Skills in Bimodal Cochlear Implant Users
Hua, Håkan; Johansson, Björn; Magnusson, Lennart; Lyxell, Björn; Ellis, Rachel J.
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v60 n9 p2752-2763 Sep 2017
Purpose: To examine the relation between speech recognition and cognitive skills in bimodal cochlear implant (CI) and hearing aid users. Method: Seventeen bimodal CI users (28-74 years) were recruited to the study. Speech recognition tests were carried out in quiet and in noise. The cognitive tests employed included the Reading Span Test and the Trail Making Test (Daneman & Carpenter, 1980; Reitan, 1958, 1992), measuring working memory capacity and processing speed and executive functioning, respectively. Data were analyzed using paired-sample t tests, Pearson correlations, and partial correlations controlling for age. Results: The results indicate that performance on some cognitive tests predicts speech recognition and that bimodal listening generates a significant improvement in speech in quiet compared to unilateral CI listening. However, the current results also suggest that bimodal listening requires different cognitive skills than does unimodal CI listening. This is likely to relate to the relative difficulty of having to integrate 2 different signals and then map the integrated signal to representations stored in the long-term memory. Conclusions: Even though participants obtained speech recognition benefit from bimodal listening, the results suggest that processing bimodal stimuli involves different cognitive skills than does unimodal conditions in quiet. Thus, clinically, it is important to consider this when assessing treatment outcomes.
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Assistive Technology, Short Term Memory, Executive Function, Correlation, Speech Communication, Recognition (Psychology), Auditory Stimuli, Adults, Cognitive Tests, Predictor Variables
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Trail Making Test
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